- Date
- September 26, 1976
- Place
- Urbana, OH · URBANA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1991YMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760926030649A
- Case key
- 155798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2905 76/9/26 URBANA,OH MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2010 N1991Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 2362 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 220 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIMES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARANAC LAKE,NY DAYTON,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LOSS OF LUBRICATION RSLTD IN CONROD FAILURE.PISTON RINGS CARBON SEIZED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1991Y
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grimes
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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