- Date
- September 9, 1981
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA · BIG BEAR CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N201QRMooney M20J
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810909058349A
- Case key
- 123257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2373 81/9/9 NR.BIG BEAR CITY,CA MOONEY M20J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 198 TIME - 1700 N201QR PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG BEAR CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUCERNE,CA BIG BEAR CITY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-EMERG TKOF,CRITICALLY INJ PAX.HVY WT,DRY LAKE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PASSENGER REMARKS- R GEAR STRUCK UNKN OBSTN,LNDD W R WHL MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201QR
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Bear City
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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.