- Date
- December 9, 1966
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8320EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119698
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3815 66/12/9 ALBUQUERQUE N MEX MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 127 TIME - 1310 N8320E PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OIL COOLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- LEFT WING HIT ROAD MARKER POST.OIL COOLER RADIATOR HAD HOLE IN AREA OF A REPAIR WELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8320E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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