- Date
- July 27, 1973
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6042XMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730727022509A
- Case key
- 189481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2051 73/7/27 DES MOINES,IOWA MOONEY M20A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 3590 TIME - 1651 N6042X PX- 1 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 265 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IOWA VANDALIA,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- BOLT MISSING BETWEEN ELEV CNTRL YOKE AND FIRST LINK OF ELEV CONTROL TUBE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6042X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Des Moines Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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