- Date
- April 20, 1979
- Place
- Cresco, IA · CRESCO, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7115UMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790420009139A
- Case key
- 136000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0841 79/4/20 CRESCO,IA MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 750 TIME - 1015 N7115U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSKEGAN,MI PENDLETON,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7115U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7115URegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2014 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N7115U · 1
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