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| Date: | Saturday 1 September 1979 |
| Time: | 23:55 |
| Type: |  Mooney M20C Ranger |
| Owner/operator: | Oregon State University |
| Registration: | N9753M |
| MSN: | 670047 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Newberg, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hillsboro, OR |
| Albany, OR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Struck trees and crashed in zero visibility conditions.
Cause: continued flight in forecast marginal VFR conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=34798&key=0
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 February 2021 | N3254F | Private | 0 | East of Livermore Municipal Airport (LVK/KLVK), Livermore, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Feb-2021 08:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 24-Feb-2021 08:32 | harro | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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