- Date
- September 17, 1967
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6251UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0870 67/9/17 JAMAICA,NY MOONEY M20C CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1936 N6251U PX- 0 1 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 23, 1700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY REMARKS- PILOT TOOK OFF FROM INTERSECTION,5400 FT FROM APPROACH END,TOO CLOSE BEHIND DEPARTING B707 JET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6251U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jfk Intl.