- Date
- May 28, 1979
- Place
- Oak Ridge, TN · OAK RIDGE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1254XMooney M-20E
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790528010739A
- Case key
- 135729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1451 79/5/28 OAK RIDGE,TN MOONEY M-20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 700 TIME - 1300 N1254X PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATOMIC AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAK RIDGE,TN PAINESVILLE,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ERRATIC MAG CK ON RUN-UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1254X
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Atomic Airport
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.