- Date
- March 1, 1981
- Place
- Roseburg, OR · ROSEBURG, OR
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5994QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810301006919A
- Case key
- 127351
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0289 81/3/1 ROSEBURG,OR MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1073 TIME - 1015 N5994Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FELTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSEBURG,OR AURORA,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT TREES ON MTN RIDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5994Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Felts
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5994Q · 1
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