- Date
- October 17, 1968
- Place
- Cotage Grove, OR · COTAGE GROVE, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78889Mooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107696
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4432 68/10/17 COTAGE GROVE,OREG MOONEY M20F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 450 TIME - 0817 N78889 PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTAGE GROVE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78889
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cottage Grove
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