- Date
- May 14, 1971
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · PRESCOTT, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8365EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161561
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1608 71/5/14 NR.PRESCOTT,ARIZ MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1433 N8365E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 3889 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ FLAGSTAFF,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- VERT STAB AND RUD SEPRTD IN FLT.R HORZNTL STAB BENT.DRYROT,GLUE SEPTN FND IN HORZTL STAB,VERT FIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8365E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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