- Date
- April 26, 1968
- Place
- Byrdstown, TN · BYRDSTOWN, TN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3960NMooney M20G
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110794
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1158 68/4/26 BYRDSTOWN,TENN MOONEY M20G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 112 TIME - 1500 N3960N PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT NEAR GROSS WT. INTENTIONAL WHEELS UP LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3960N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3960NRegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · Mooney M-20GAirframe modelMooney M-20GEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N3960N · 1
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