- Date
- May 15, 1973
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8160EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730515012039A
- Case key
- 190289
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1509 73/5/15 PONTIAC,MICH MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 650 TIME - 2114 N8160E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 360 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LANDED IN RESIDENTAL AREA.PLT EST FUEL BFR TKOF 30GAL,CO-OWNER EST FUEL 20GAL.FUEL EX 1 1/2HR FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8160E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pontiac
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.