- Date
- August 19, 1977
- Place
- Knightdale, NC · KNIGHTDALE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1328WMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770819026899A
- Case key
- 146339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2372 77/8/19 KNIGHTDALE,NC MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1830 TIME - 1400 N1328W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1460 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENDELL-KNIGHTDAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNIGHTDALE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STALLED AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR LANDFILL DURING FORCED LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1328W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wendell-Knightdal
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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.