- Date
- May 3, 1981
- Place
- Churchville, MD · CHURCHVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N231CJMooney M20K
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810503084469A
- Case key
- 125267
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2081 81/5/3 CHURCHVILLE,MD MOONEY M20K CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 4500 TIME - 2030 N231CJ PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARFORD COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA DANBURY,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- HOLE IN SIDEWALL,NO 5 PISTON,BUILT BY METAL LEVE,SAO PAULO,BRAZIL.INTERNAL VOIDS FND NR HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231CJ
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harford County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.