- Date
- May 26, 1978
- Place
- Jackson, AL · JACKSON, AL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N7813VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780526039569A
- Case key
- 141676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4359 78/5/26 NR.JACKSON,AL MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1825 N7813V PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX TUSKEGEE,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7813V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7813VRegistration cancelled Sep 9, 2005 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.