- Date
- January 12, 1966
- Place
- Polson, MT · POLSON, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5704QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173958
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0135 66/1/12 POLSON MONT MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 335 TIME - 2155 N5704Q PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POLSON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION.LANDING LIGHT INOPERATIVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5704Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Polson
N5704QRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5704Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.