- Date
- May 24, 1966
- Place
- Merrill, OR · MERRILL, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3448XMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1100 66/5/24 NR.MERRILL,OREG MOONEY M20E CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1258 N3448X PX- 1 0 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 44, 1438 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 715 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- POSSIBLE BUYER OF ACFT WHO WAS A PILOT OCCUPPIED L.PLT SEAT.ACFT EQUIPPED WITH DUAL FLIGHT CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3448X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Long Ranch
N3448XRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2011 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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