- Date
- August 5, 1964
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6917UMooney MK20D
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182316
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2354 64/8/5 AMARILLO TEX MOONEY MK20D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N6917U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRADEWIND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LANDED WITH NOSE WHEEL COCKED LEFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6917U
- Reported as
- Mooney MK20D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tradewind
N6917URegistration cancelled Sep 22, 2008 · Mooney M20DAirframe modelMooney M20DEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N6917U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.