- Date
- July 22, 1973
- Place
- Hurricane Mesa, UT · HURRICANE MESA, UT
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9557MMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730722024079A
- Case key
- 189214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2447 73/7/22 HURRICANE MESA,UT MOONEY M20C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 420 TIME - 1415 N9557M PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HURRICANE MESA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT BURBANK,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- CYL EXHT VALVE RKR BROKEN INTAKE PUSH ROD BENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9557M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hurricane Mesa
N9557MRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2004 · Mooney M20FAirframe modelMooney M20FEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.