19890125001269A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20F · Truckee, CA · January 25, 1989

Date
January 25, 1989 · 18:12 local
Place
Truckee, CA
Airport
Truckee-Tahoe Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3274F
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89FA095
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

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What happened

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

Crashed on climbout. Reported engine sputtered. Observed scraping off ice prior. Leaky mixture caused flooding.

As the FAA filed it

CRASHED ON CLIMBOUT. REPORTED ENGINE SPUTTERED. OBSERVED SCRAPING OFF ICE PRIOR. LEAKY MIXTURE CAUSED FLOODING.

NTSB investigation

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