- Date
- August 22, 1971
- Place
- Lee Vining, CA · LEE VINING, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N886BMooney M-20
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162129
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3284 71/8/22 LEE VINING,CALIF MOONEY M-20 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 1535 TIME - 1130 N886B PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEE VINING,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 40 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LOCATING SHEEP.HIT TREE,CONTINUED FLT.UN TURN AROUND,CLEAR MTNS. CRASHED AT 8800FT LEVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N886B
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N886BRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Mooney M20Airframe modelMooney M20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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