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NTSB accident investigation · Mooney M-20A · Provincetown, MA · July 28, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
July 28, 1964
Place
Provincetown, MA · PROVINCETOWN, MA
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N6024Mooney M-20A
Status
Completed · report December 7, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
182617

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0600  64/7/28  NR.PROVINCETOWN MASS  MOONEY M-20A        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 58, UNK/NR
        TIME - 2018                    N6024               PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PROVINCETOWN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-07/30/64

Aircraft

Registration
N6024
Reported as
Mooney M-20A
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Provincetown