- Date
- May 28, 1965
- Place
- Hurtsboro, AL · HURTSBORO, AL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74742Mooney M20B
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1333 65/5/28 HURTSBORO ALA MOONEY M20B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 500 TIME - 1100 N74742 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF NO 3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74742
- Reported as
- Mooney M20B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N74742Registration cancelled Nov 8, 2013 · Mooney M20BAirframe modelMooney M20BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N74742 · 1
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