- Date
- August 31, 1975
- Place
- Fairmont, MN · FAIRMONT, MN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7187VMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750831032129A
- Case key
- 150850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2693 75/8/31 FAIRMONT,MN MOONEY M20F CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 166 TIME - 0605 N7187V PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRMONT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRMONT,MN WINNIPEG,CANADA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- IMPACTED IN A L WING NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7187V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fairmont Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.