- Date
- April 8, 1971
- Place
- Willoughby, OH · WILLOUGHBY, OH
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5544QMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160766
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2826 71/4/8 WILLOUGHBY,OHIO MOONEY M20E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, UNK/NR TIME - 2038 N5544Q PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOST NATION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,IND CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- TWR OP SAW ACFT CIRCLE ARPT ABOUT 2000 FT AGL AND THEN DESCEND INTO LAKE. ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5544Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lost Nation
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