- Date
- January 4, 1972
- Place
- Bell, FL · BELL, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7728MMooney M-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0888 72/1/4 BELL,FLA MOONEY M-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1500 TIME - 1600 N7728M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINESVILLE,FLA MONTGOMERY,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG FAILED INTERNALLY. HIT WIRES AND SIGN LDG ON ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7728M
- Reported as
- Mooney M-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7728MRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Mooney M22Airframe modelMooney M22Engine modelLycoming TI0-541 series
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Other investigations on N7728M · 1
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