- Date
- February 22, 1966
- Place
- Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1067CMooney MK-20A
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0144 66/2/22 NR.EUREKA CALIF MOONEY MK-20A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 359 TIME - 0855 N1067C PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED REMARKS- VERTICAL STABILIZER WOOD SPAR CRACKED AND DETERIORATED.INFLT SEPARATED PARTS NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1067C
- Reported as
- Mooney MK-20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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