- Date
- January 8, 1972
- Place
- Ferguson, KY · FERGUSON, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1348WMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0223 72/1/8 FERGUSON,KY MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1410 N1348W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 845 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET-PULASKI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHLANDS,VA SOMERSET,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HAD TO LND IN SHORT CORN FLD. R MAIN TANK HAD RESIDUAL FUEL. L TANK ALMOST FULL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1348W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset-Pulaski
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