FTW71FRD15

NTSB accident investigation · Mooney M20C · New Orleans, LA · September 5, 1970

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 5, 1970
Place
New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N6717NMooney M20C
Status
Completed · report June 16, 1971
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
130628

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3623   70/9/5    NEW ORLEANS,LA      MOONEY M20C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1600
        TIME - 0805                    N6717N              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOISANT FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          NEW ORLEANS,LA              WEST MEMPHIS,ARK             NEW ORLEANS,LA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        REMARKS- GND VEHICLE,TUG,TRAVELING ALONG RAMP,TURNED TOWARD ACFT,HIT R WING.DRIVER WATCHING OTHER ACFT.

Aircraft

Registration
N6717N
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Moisant Field

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.