- Date
- September 11, 1978
- Place
- Racine, WI · RACINE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9275VMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780911030799A
- Case key
- 139921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3729 78/9/11 RACINE,WI MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1238 TIME - 2130 N9275V PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 379 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORLICK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MI MILWAUKEE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SPARKPLUGS WORN TO MAX LMT OR BEYOND.PWR BOOST CABLE SLIPPED AFT OF LOCKING CLAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9275V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Horlick
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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.