- Date
- July 24, 1970
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N74587Mooney M20B
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110007
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3135 70/7/24 LONE PINE,CALIF MOONEY M20B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 334 TIME - 1545 N74587 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 287 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONE PINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,CALIF LONE PINE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- STALL WRNG INOP. DOWNDRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74587
- Reported as
- Mooney M20B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lone Pine
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