- Date
- July 30, 1965
- Place
- Modesto, CA · MODESTO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6998UMooney M21
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2252 65/7/30 NR.MODESTO CALIF MOONEY M21 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 108 TIME - 1630 N6998U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOUNTAIN RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6998U
- Reported as
- Mooney M21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fountain Ranch
N6998URegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2003 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N6998U · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA00LA151Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBryson City, NCThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing rollout with a known quartering crosswind, resulting in an on-ground collision with a known fixed object (wooden pallet.)NTSB LAX76DUJ44Accident · No injuriesClosedHolbrook, AZNTSB LAX73FUA30Accident · No injuriesClosedBuena Park, CANTSB UNK65X1030Accident · No injuriesClosedSan Jose, CA