- Date
- January 30, 1979
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N231FRMooney M20K
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790130001909A
- Case key
- 137556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0531 79/1/30 SAN ANTONIO,TX MOONEY M20K CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 41, 5000 TIME - 1010 N231FR PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO INT'L DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TX EL PASO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- ELEVATOR CONTROL INPUT TUBE,P/N 915038501,NOT CONNECTED TO IDLER BELL CRANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231FR
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Antonio Int'L
N231FRRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Mooney M20KAirframe modelMooney M20KEngine modelContinental TSIO-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.