- Date
- January 19, 1971
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9395MMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132635
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0039 71/1/19 SACRAMENTO,CALIF MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 1130 TIME - 1822 N9395M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF SACRAMENTO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION REMARKS- PLT OBSVD LOW ON GLIDE SLOPE AT 200FT.OVHD COCKPIT LGT CVRS FELL OFF CAUSED GLARE ON INSTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9395M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sacramento Metro
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