- Date
- October 11, 1964
- Place
- Cambridge, MN · CAMBRIDGE, MN
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6063XMooney M-20A
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0738 64/10/11 CAMBRIDGE MINN MOONEY M-20A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 405 TIME - 1904 N6063X PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS FOG TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 42 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10/12/64. PILOTS OCCUPATION PHARMACIST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6063X
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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