- Date
- February 27, 1973
- Place
- Biddeford, ME · BIDDEFORD, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9254MMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730227002709A
- Case key
- 169525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0080 73/2/27 BIDDEFORD,ME MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 832 TIME - 1100 N9254M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIDDEFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTLAND,ME BIDDEFORD,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FINAL APCH-ENCTRD DWNDFT,HIT SNOWBANK ON RWY THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9254M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Biddeford
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9254M · 1
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