- Date
- June 12, 1966
- Place
- Slate Run, PA · SLATE RUN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4170Mooney M-18C
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0603 66/6/12 SLATE RUN PA MOONEY M-18C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 547 TIME - 1035 N4170 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 193 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- MAG SWITCH FOUND ON LEFT MAG POSITION.PLT TOOKOFF NORTH. WIND WAS SOUTHEAST 6-8 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4170
- Reported as
- Mooney M-18C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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