- Date
- October 6, 1969
- Place
- Middlesex, NY · MIDDLESEX, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7861VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2769 69/10/6 MIDDLESEX,NY MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1113 TIME - 0815 N7861V PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDDLESEX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BATAVIA,NY MONTICELLO,NY MIDDLESEX,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- T/O UPHILL,DOWNWIND,GRASS APRX 4IN HIGH.TAIL STRUCK DIRT BANK APRX 10IN HIGH. FTHR DMG DURG ABORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7861V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Middlesex
N7861VRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N7861V · 1
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