- Date
- September 6, 1981
- Place
- Del Rio, TX · DEL RIO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1331WMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810906059409A
- Case key
- 123632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1901 81/9/6 DEL RIO,TX MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 587 TIME - 1605 N1331W PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 453 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEL RIO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEL RIO,TX AUSTIN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL NOZZLES FOUND CLOGGED. ENG RAN NORMAL AFTER CLEANING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1331W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Del Rio Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.