- Date
- March 7, 1976
- Place
- Merritt Island, FL · MERRITT ISLAND, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N899BMooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760307005869A
- Case key
- 153822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1244 76/3/7 MERRITT ISLAND,FL MOONEY M20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 2383 TIME - 0820 N899B PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 199 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRITT ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERRITT ISLAND,FL RIVER RANCH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. DOOR/PANEL OPEN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FUSELAGE CARGO COMPT DOOR BLEW OPEN IN FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N899B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Merritt Island
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.