- Date
- November 1, 1978
- Place
- Capay, CA · CAPAY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N201WQMooney M20J
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781101041809A
- Case key
- 139147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3511 78/11/1 NR.CAPAY,CA MOONEY M20J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1200 TIME - 1110 N201WQ PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIVERMORE,CA VACAVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- VECTORED WITHIN 1MI OF ARPT,STATED IN SIGHT.FOUND 23MI NORTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201WQ
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.