- Date
- October 20, 1978
- Place
- Grundy, VA · GRUNDY, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1348WMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781020033239A
- Case key
- 138086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4349 78/10/20 NR.GRUNDY,VA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 53, 738 TIME - 1310 N1348W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRUNDY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRUNDY,VA SMITH MOUNTAIN,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- NUMBER 3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE STUCK IN CLOSED POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1348W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grundy
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1348W · 1
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