- Date
- June 28, 1968
- Place
- Yorba Linda, CA · YORBA LINDA, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6743UMooney M21
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1669 68/6/28 YORBA LINDA,CALIF MOONEY M21 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 66 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N6743U PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6743U
- Reported as
- Mooney M21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6743URegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2014 · Mooney M20DAirframe modelMooney M20DEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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