- Date
- November 19, 1978
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA · CHESAPEAKE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9127VMooney M20G
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781119041309A
- Case key
- 137971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4180 78/11/19 CHESAPEAKE,VA MOONEY M20G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1032 TIME - 1310 N9127V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESAPKE-PRTSMTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESAPEAKE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9127V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chesapke-Prtsmth
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.