- Date
- June 30, 1975
- Place
- Lewiston, IL · LEWISTON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6540UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1950 75/6/30 LEWISTON,IL MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 2952 TIME - 1930 N6540U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2540 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EDDY PALANZA RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEWISTON,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRASHED OFF END OF RWY INTO BRUSHY GULLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6540U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eddy Palanza Rla
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