- Date
- July 3, 1973
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6536BMooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730703016749A
- Case key
- 189761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1257 73/7/3 CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX MOONEY M20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 175 TIME - 2008 N6536B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORPUS CHRISI INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TEX CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED HE SVCD ACFT AND DRAINED FUEL TANK SUMPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6536B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corpus Chrisi Int
N6536BRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.