- Date
- April 6, 1969
- Place
- Melville, MT · MELVILLE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2974LMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184221
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1420 69/4/6 MELVILLE,MONT MOONEY M20F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2050 TIME - 2100 N2974L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT REPORTED COMPLETE MEMORY LOSS. T/O FROM DIRT STRIP AT NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2974L
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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