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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20C · Sacramento, CA · July 30, 1976

Date
July 30, 1976
Place
Sacramento, CA
Airport
Sacramento Exec.
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9490V
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK76DVG95
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
203 total6 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Elect syst went dead,generator circuit breaker switch not engaged. Not time to ext. Gear manually.

As the FAA filed it

ELECT SYST WENT DEAD,GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER SWITCH NOT ENGAGED.NOT TIME TO EXT.GEAR MANUALLY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.