- Date
- June 20, 1972
- Place
- Lansing, IL · LANSING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7161UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2757 72/6/20 LANSING,ILL MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 679 TIME - 1700 N7161U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICAGO-HAMMOND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANSING,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- CARB HEAT OVRBOARD VALVE MISG.PROBABLY LODGED IN CARB AIR INLET SHUT OFF AIR.PLT TURNED DUE OBSTNS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7161U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chicago-Hammond
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Other investigations on N7161U · 1
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