- Date
- August 9, 1968
- Place
- Gainesville, MO · GAINESVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5739QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3369 68/8/9 GAINESVILLE,MO MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 260 TIME - 1550 N5739Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GAINESVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT OPENED THROTTLE TOO RAPIDLY. ENG CUT OUT MOMENTARILY. ACFT LANDED ON PICKUP TRUCK BED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5739Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gainesville
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