- Date
- July 16, 1972
- Place
- Belle Plaine, IA · BELLE PLAINE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6295UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166685
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0543 72/7/16 BELLE PLAINE,IOWA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1500 N6295U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 30, 2335 TOTAL HOURS, 470 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLE PLAINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLE PLAINE,IOWA CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED NEAR GROSS WT T/O FROM THICK SOD 3-4 INCHES HI.PLT DIDNT USE PLANNED ABORT MARKER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6295U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Belle Plaine
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