- Date
- April 15, 1974
- Place
- Dorset, VT · DORSET, VT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78990Mooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740415011629A
- Case key
- 186105
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1031 74/4/15 DORSET,VT MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 348 TIME - 1339 N78990 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 332 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENS FALLS,NY PORTLAND,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS - ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS: WING ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 44 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- PLT RCVD SVR TURBC FCST AND ICING COND RPTS FOR RTE OF FLT.ATC RCVD MAYDAY LVG 5000 TSMN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78990
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.