- Date
- December 28, 1978
- Place
- Belleville, IL · BELLEVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N201RYMooney M20J
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781228038829A
- Case key
- 138590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3536 78/12/28 NR.BELLEVILLE,IL MOONEY M20J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 3500 TIME - 0920 N201RY PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3450 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEORIA,ILL MEMPHIS,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HOLD DOWN WASHER LODGED BETWEEN ROTATING MAGNET AND STATIONARY SHOE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201RY
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.