- Date
- June 14, 1965
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78989Mooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1674 65/6/14 INDIANAPOLIS IND MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1420 N78989 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 51, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIR COOK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) LDG GR-FAILURE OF PUSH PULL ROD FOR UNDET REASON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78989
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weir Cook
N78989Registration cancelled Aug 28, 2013 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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