- Date
- March 16, 1975
- Place
- Sumterville, FL · SUMTERVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9299MMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 2015
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750316010389A
- Case key
- 148053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1639 75/3/16 SUMTERVILLE,FL MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 346 TIME - 1900 N9299M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRANDON,FL KEYSTONE HEIGHT,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL INJECTION INLET SCREEN WAS CONTAMINATED WITH SEDIMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9299M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9299MRegistration cancelled Mar 8, 2018 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N9299M · 1
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