- Date
- January 4, 1969
- Place
- Walnut Cove, NC · WALNUT COVE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8158EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191734
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0390 69/1/4 WALNUT COVE,NC MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 5000 TIME - 1300 N8158E PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWBROOK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LDG GR APPARENTLY NOT LOCKED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN,ACFT SLID THROUGH FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8158E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadowbrook
N8158ERegistration cancelled Feb 7, 2018 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.