- Date
- March 12, 1972
- Place
- Poughkeepsie, NY · POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6299UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165788
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0701 72/3/12 POUGHKEEPSIE,NY MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2300 N6299U PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 47, 5500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUTCHESS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA POUGHKEEPSIE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 36 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA ON VOR APCH. 30.34 ALT SETTING FOUND IN COCKPIT. CURRENT ALT SETTING 30.24.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6299U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dutchess County
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