- Date
- October 8, 1971
- Place
- Zelienople, PA · ZELIENOPLE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9472VMooney M21
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1819 71/10/8 ZELIENOPLE,PA MOONEY M21 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0655 N9472V PX- 2 0 0 CTR PASSG-D AGE 48, 3375 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TASA FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ZELIENOPLE,PA MICHIGAN CITY,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DENSE FOG.CRASHED ABT 2200FT NNW OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9472V
- Reported as
- Mooney M21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tasa Field
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