- Date
- May 5, 1969
- Place
- Lake Andes, SD · LAKE ANDES, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7820VMooney M-20C
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183353
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1327 69/5/5 LAKE ANDES,S DAK MOONEY M-20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1805 TIME - 1400 N7820V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 480 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE ANDES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- WIND 4K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7820V
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Andes
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