- Date
- July 15, 1970
- Place
- Davenport, NE · DAVENPORT, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9257MMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108688
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3011 70/7/15 DAVENPORT,NEBR MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2500 TIME - 0830 N9257M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVENPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVENPORT,NEBR KEARNEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LNDD IN CORN FLD.FIRE DAMAGED ENG COMPARTMENT MOST SEVERE IN ACCESSORY SECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9257M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Davenport
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