- Date
- March 8, 1976
- Place
- Colusa, IL · COLUSA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2608WMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760308005879A
- Case key
- 152957
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0794 76/3/8 COLUSA,IL MOONEY M20E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 15192 TIME - 2330 N2608W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1711 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OWINGS RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUSA,IL BEARDSTOWN,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- BUNDLE TYE FAILED,ELEC CONNECTOR BLOCKED FORWARD MOVEMENT OF YOKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2608W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Owings Rla
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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.