- Date
- October 29, 1977
- Place
- Compton, CA · COMPTON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4200Mooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771029035019A
- Case key
- 144509
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3453 77/10/29 COMPTON,CA MOONEY M20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 5410 TIME - 1527 N4200 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 614 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMPTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COMPTON,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- APPROX 10GAL FUEL OBSERVED DRAINING FROM L TANK.ONE PINT FOUND IN R TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4200
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Compton
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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.