- Date
- July 25, 1981
- Place
- Defuniak Sprgs, FL · DEFUNIAK SPRGS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N231GEMooney M20K
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810725048849A
- Case key
- 124513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2186 81/7/25 NR.DEFUNIAK SPRGS,FL MOONEY M20K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 886 TIME - 0957 N231GE PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JENNINGS,LA MARIANNA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 2 CONROD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231GE
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N231GERegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2018 · Mooney M20KAirframe modelMooney M20KEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N231GE · 1
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