- Date
- October 25, 1970
- Place
- St Cloud, MN · ST CLOUD, MN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6206UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2745 70/10/25 NR.ST CLOUD,MINN MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 204 TIME - 1945 N6206U PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 179 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLMAR,MINN ST CLOUD,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE REMARKS- HIT GND IN STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6206U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6206URegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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