- Date
- November 30, 1976
- Place
- Dover, DE · DOVER, DE
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6525BMooney 20
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761130041399A
- Case key
- 156573
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3965 76/11/30 DOVER,DE MOONEY 20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0005 N6525B PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 49, 11121 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 155 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOVER AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RALEIGH,NC AMBLER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6525B
- Reported as
- Mooney 20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dover Afb
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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.