- Date
- August 23, 1970
- Place
- Big Fork, MT · BIG FORK, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6013QMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113781
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2563 70/8/23 NR.BIG FORK,MONT MOONEY M20E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 769 TIME - 1545 N6013Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 694 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV KALISPELL,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYPOXIA MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERED 11/6/70.HIT WGS LEVEL,10 DEG NOSE DWN.FLEW AT 16500 FT WITHOUT OXY.ACFT SYS NOT SVCD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6013Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6013QRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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