- Date
- September 1, 1965
- Place
- Owensboro, KY · OWENSBORO, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6487UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2587 65/9/1 OWENSBORO KY MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 135 TIME - 1535 N6487U PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OWENSBORO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- LOCK SCREW MISSING RESULTING IN THROTTLE CONTROL SEPARTING FROM CARBURETOR SHAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6487U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Owensboro
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