- Date
- February 7, 1973
- Place
- Elko, NV · ELKO, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5983QMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730207008599A
- Case key
- 170292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0743 73/2/7 NR.ELKO,NEV MOONEY M20E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 960 TIME - 1810 N5983Q PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR CITY,UT BOISE,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERED 4/3/73.AIRFRAME ICING,HYPOXIA OR SPATIAL DISORIENTATION POSSIBLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5983Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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