- Date
- June 1, 1975
- Place
- Garrison Lake, DE · GARRISON LAKE, DE
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5254BMooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750601020199A
- Case key
- 149198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2237 75/6/1 GARRISON LAKE,DE MOONEY M20 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 14000 TIME - 1230 N5254B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EWING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WYOMING,DE RETURN GARRISON LAKE,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- 3FT HI GRASS AND WEEDS CVRD RWY.PLT ATMTD TO BECOME AIRBORNE.NO MARKS TO INDICATE RWY CLOSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5254B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ewing
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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.