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DEN72AD047

1972-04-16 · WEST POINT, Utah, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N336M has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH A36), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-18C · N336M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise climb (DB)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
190° / 9 kt
Temp
67° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000217
Total time
1,076 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
947
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

G SPUTTERED DURING STEEP PULL UP.PLT LOST CTL.

Investigator remarks

LOW PASS OVER FRIENDS HOUSE TO DROP BOAT PROP.EN

Cause factors

  • 64/C/33 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Cause
  • 64/C/23 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 64/B/08 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 88/B/14 B
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0687. Source file NTSB_1972_3_0687.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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