- Date
- October 16, 1969
- Place
- San Angelo, TX · SAN ANGELO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7139UMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152719
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4210 69/10/16 SAN ANGELO,TEX MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1482 TIME - 1546 N7139U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATHIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRECKENRIDGE,TEX SAN ANGELO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FAILED TO SWITCH TANKS. LANDED ON GOLF COURSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7139U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mathis
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