- Date
- August 5, 1973
- Place
- Fenton, MO · FENTON, MO
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N79845Mooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730805025469A
- Case key
- 189490
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2061 73/8/5 FENTON,MO MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 390 TIME - 1805 N79845 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEISS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE OZARKS,MO FENTON,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ENG LOST PWR. PLT OVERSHOT RWY,RAN INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79845
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weiss
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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.