- Date
- July 3, 1971
- Place
- Culver, OR · CULVER, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6666UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162222
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0810 71/7/3 CULVER,OREG MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1100 TIME - 0900 N6666U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 420 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE CHINOOK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDMOND,OREG HOOD RIVER,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- PLT HIT UNMARKED POWER LINES WHILE FLYING SLIGHTLY BLO RIM OF CANYON.ENG WAS DMGD BY WIRE STRIKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6666U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Chinook