- Date
- September 2, 1974
- Place
- Zuni, NM · ZUNI, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6445UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740902032339A
- Case key
- 136647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3060 74/9/2 NR.ZUNI,N MEX MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 525 TIME - 0900 N6445U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLACK ROCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAS VEGAS,NEV GALLUP,N MEX ZUNI,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- UN OBTAIN FUEL DRG ENROUTE STOP.DEP FOR DEST,RAN OUT OF FUEL & LND ON HIWAY GR UP DUE TRAFFIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6445U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Black Rock
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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.