- Date
- February 14, 1971
- Place
- North Shore, CA · NORTH SHORE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5778QMooney M21
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160654
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0830 71/2/14 NORTH SHORE,CALIF MOONEY M21 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 2000 TIME - 1500 N5778Q PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH SHORE ARPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEREY,CALIF NORTH SHORE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- ACTUATING LEVER,MOONEY P/N5059,FAILED IN WELD HEAT AFFECTED ZONE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5778Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Shore Arpt
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