- Date
- September 25, 1970
- Place
- Fresno, TX · FRESNO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6946NMooney M20G
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3853 70/9/25 FRESNO,TEX MOONEY M20G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N6946N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 3700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDWING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,TEX HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED ENG LOST PWR. LND IN HIGH WEEDS. INVEST DISCLOSED NO MALFUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6946N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Redwing
N6946NRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2007 · Mooney M-20GAirframe modelMooney M-20GEngine 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.