- Date
- May 19, 1966
- Place
- Williston, FL · WILLISTON, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4090MMooney M-18C
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1112 66/5/19 WILLISTON FLA MOONEY M-18C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2126 N4090M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLISTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CARBURETOR MAIN FUEL NOZZLE BLOCKED BY RUST SCALE. INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP LANDING AT NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4090M
- Reported as
- Mooney M-18C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Williston