- Date
- November 7, 1972
- Place
- Gilmanton, NH · GILMANTON, NH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5490FMooney A2-A
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4127 72/11/7 GILMANTON,NH MOONEY A2-A CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N5490F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHUA,NH UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-CONTD FLT INTO AREA OF LOW CLOUDS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 38 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLT NOT AUTHORIZED.FLT PHASE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5490F
- Reported as
- Mooney A2-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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