- Date
- February 20, 1978
- Place
- Smiley, TX · SMILEY, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5269BMooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0500 78/2/20 SMILEY,TX MOONEY M20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1881 TIME - 1430 N5269B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRENHAM,TX NEW BRAUNFELS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION 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- GUMMY SUBSTANCE IN FUEL PUMP SCREEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5269B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5269BRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Mooney M20Airframe modelMooney M20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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