- Date
- March 16, 1980
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7135UMooney 720E
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800316020659A
- Case key
- 131840
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0369 80/3/16 MISSING AIRCRAFT MOONEY 720E CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 1200 TIME - UNK/NR N7135U PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BROWNSVILLE,TX AUSTIN,TX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT DMG,INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7135U
- Reported as
- Mooney 720E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7135URegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7135U · 1
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