19830129001609A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20A · Prattville, AL · January 29, 1983

Date
January 29, 1983 · 12:58 local
Place
Prattville, AL
Airport
Autauga Co
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8146E
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL83FA091
Reported as
Mooney M20A
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
281 total15 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Left wing separated on a pull up from a low pass near a friends home. Failure at wing root due to decayed wood.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT WING SEPARATED ON A PULL UP FROM A LOW PASS NEAR A FRIENDS HOME. FAILURE AT WING ROOT DUE TO DECAYED WOOD.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N8146E · 1

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