- Date
- November 21, 1969
- Place
- Clear Lake, CA · CLEAR LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9234VMooney M-20C
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3318 69/11/21 CLEAR LAKE,CALIF MOONEY M-20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 2829 TIME - 1435 N9234V PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 378 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARCE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEAR LAKE,CALIF HOOPA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT BOUNCING DRG T/O,PROP HIT RWY.PLT ALLOWED ACFT DRIFT L,STRUCK TREES ABT 100FT L OF RWY EDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9234V
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pearce Field
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