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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20E · Red Bluff, CA · September 12, 1981

Date
September 12, 1981 · 08:30 local
Place
Red Bluff, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5787Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FVG66
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,530 total1,000 in this make and model18 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.

Engine quit right after takeoff. Aircraft crahsed during emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT CRAHSED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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