- Date
- July 23, 1974
- Place
- Meadow Creek, MT · MEADOW CREEK, MT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6428QMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740723021839A
- Case key
- 136757
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2853 74/7/23 MEADOW CREEK,MONT MOONEY M20F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 766 TIME - 0510 N6428Q PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOW CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HELENA,MONT MEADOW CREEK,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- HIGH TREES SURRNDNG USFS STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6428Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadow Creek
N6428QRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Mooney M20FAirframe modelMooney M20FEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.