- Date
- December 19, 1969
- Place
- Pittsburg, KS · PITTSBURG, KS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9101VMooney M-20C
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3637 69/12/19 PITTSBURG,KANS MOONEY M-20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 312 TIME - 0036 N9101V PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PITTSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,KANS PITTSBURG,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD SOUTHBOUND,ALT EST LESS THAN 100FT.PLT LOG 1HR DUAL THIS ACFT,NO NIGHT DUAL RECORDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9101V
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pittsburg
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