- Date
- July 9, 1964
- Place
- San Clemente, CA · SAN CLEMENTE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78904Mooney MK-20B
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0468 64/7/9 NR.SAN CLEMENTE CAL MOONEY MK-20B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 251 TIME - 0036 N78904 PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS FOG TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78904
- Reported as
- Mooney MK-20B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N78904Registration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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