- Date
- January 24, 1976
- Place
- Fontana, CA · FONTANA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6776UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760124001979A
- Case key
- 152557
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1564 76/1/24 FONTANA,CA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 3500 TIME - 1025 N6776U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1395 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CA PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADE RETENTION MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP HUB FAILED IN BLADE SOCKET RETENTION THREADS. HIT RAISED CONCRETE PLATFORMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6776U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.