- Date
- February 26, 1966
- Place
- Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6069QMooney 20E
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1192 66/2/26 PACIFIC OCEAN MOONEY 20E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 1500 TIME - 1721 N6069Q PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: TRANSMITTERS AND/OR RECEIVERS INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: COMPASS RECEIVERS WEATHER - SQUALL LINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- AIRCRAFT DITCHED ALONGSIDE A FREIGHTER 500 NM NORTH OF HAWAII. AIRCRAFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6069Q
- Reported as
- Mooney 20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed