- Date
- May 5, 1969
- Place
- Plainville, KS · PLAINVILLE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9201MMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171085
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2432 69/5/5 PLAINVILLE,KANS MOONEY M20F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 600 TIME - 0335 N9201M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 301 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLAINVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINVILLE,KANS LAVERNE,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT TOOK OFF INTO MARGINAL WEA ON DARK NITE. AREA VOID OF LIGHTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9201M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Plainville
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