- Date
- October 16, 1981
- Place
- Folkston, GA · FOLKSTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9244VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811016067969A
- Case key
- 123693
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2075 81/10/16 FOLKSTON,GA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1607 TIME - 1515 N9244V PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 801 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAYCROSS,GA FOLKSTON,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CNCTG ROD BOLT,LYCOMING PN 74644,FAILED.LNDD IN SMALL HAYFIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9244V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Davis
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9244V · 1
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