- Date
- May 2, 1970
- Place
- Fort Waybe, IN · FORT WAYBE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6071XMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130139
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1891 70/5/2 FORT WAYBE,IND MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N6071X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 728 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 365 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSELLE,ILL FORT WAYBE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT OVERFLEW SUITABLE AFLDS. ALL TANKS EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6071X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith
N6071XRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N6071X · 1
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