- Date
- May 26, 1979
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N201PWMooney M20J
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790526016659A
- Case key
- 135929
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1847 79/5/26 WASHINGTON,DC MOONEY M20J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 595 TIME - 0946 N201PW PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 333 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,OH WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201PW
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- National
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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.