- Date
- January 8, 1964
- Place
- Head Waters, VA · HEAD WATERS, VA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6886UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0037 64/1/8 HEAD WATERS VA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 174 TIME - 2300 N6886U PX- 0 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6886U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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