- Date
- June 4, 1965
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL · CEDAR KEY, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6990UMooney M2OE
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177427
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1481 65/6/4 CEDAR KEY FLA MOONEY M2OE CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 224 TIME - 2010 N6990U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF RIGHT REAR CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD-FORCED LANDING ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6990U
- Reported as
- Mooney M2OE
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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