- Date
- August 9, 1969
- Place
- Esqntla, Guatemala · ESQNTLA, Guatemala
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N787NMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157654
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0048 69/8/9 NR.ESQNTLA,GUATEMALA MOONEY M20E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 703 TIME - 0905 N787N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 641 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RETALHULEU GUATEMALA CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/12/69.ACCIDENT UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF GUATEMALA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N787N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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