- Date
- April 9, 1981
- Place
- Iowa City, IA · IOWA CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9766SMooney M20K
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810409015789A
- Case key
- 126556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1077 81/4/9 IOWA CITY,IA MOONEY M20K CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 266 TIME - 1205 N9766S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MN IOWA CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: PUMP-PRESSURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STEEL WASHER FOUND IN OIL PUMP CASE AREA,DRIVE SHAFT & WOODRUFF KEY SHEARED.ACFT TOTAL TIME 20HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9766S
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.