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N9624M accident description

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Crash location 39.800000°N, 120.983330°W
Nearest city Quincy, CA
39.936836°N, 120.947176°W
9.6 miles away
Tail number N9624M
Accident date 02 May 1991
Aircraft type Mooney 21(AF) Mooney M20F(NTSB)
Additional details: None

NTSB Probable Cause

THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO IMC AND THEREAFTER HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF HIS AIRPLANE. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT RELATED TO THE PILOT'S IMPROPER WEATHER EVALUATION WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DELAYED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, DISORIENTATION AFTER ENTERING CLOUDS AND RAIN, AND TO HIS LACK OF RECENT FLYING EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE MODEL OF AIRPLANE.

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