- Date
- November 24, 1973
- Place
- Fillmore, CA · FILLMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5259BMooney M-20
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731124042389A
- Case key
- 187375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4088 73/11/24 FILLMORE,CALIF MOONEY M-20 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 150 TIME - 1340 N5259B PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FERNANDO,CALIF SANTA PAULA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS AIRFRAME - WINGS: RIBS,STRINGER,CAP STRIPS AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- IMPROPERLY BONDED GLUE JOINTS.DETERIORATED RIBS & AUX SPAR.WING SEPARATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5259B
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.