- Date
- July 27, 1979
- Place
- St Matthews, SC · ST MATTHEWS, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1270XMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790727019599A
- Case key
- 134743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2054 79/7/27 NR.ST MATTHEWS,SC MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1045 N1270X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ST MATTHEWS,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT NOT IDENTIFIED,INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1270X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.