- Date
- June 4, 1974
- Place
- Chamblee, GA · CHAMBLEE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6774NMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130249
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2192 74/6/4 CHAMBLEE,GA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 10100 TIME - 0740 N6774N PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEACHTREE DEKALB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMBLEE,GA ROME,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SEAT BELT ENTANGLED WITH GEAR HANDLE.COULD NOT LOWER LNDG GEAR.CYL VALVE PUSH ROD BENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6774N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peachtree Dekalb
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