- Date
- December 28, 1981
- Place
- Hillsboro, NM · HILLSBORO, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N792RWMooney M20B
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811228081119A
- Case key
- 122554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3378 81/12/28 HILLSBORO,NM MOONEY M20B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N792RW PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 50, 2988 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 92 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSBORO,NM TRUTH OR CONS,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RAN INTO RAVINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N792RW
- Reported as
- Mooney M20B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N792RWRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2013 · Mooney M20BAirframe modelMooney M20BEngine 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.