- Date
- January 18, 1969
- Place
- Pleasanton, CA · PLEASANTON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5972QMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0150 69/1/18 PLEASANTON,CALIF MOONEY M20E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 2987 TIME - 1335 N5972Q PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1282 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RCVRY DATE 1/19/69.WEATHER REPORTS INDICATED MT TERRAIN STRUCK WAS OBSCURED BY CLOUDS.NOT INST RTD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5972Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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