- Date
- July 21, 1971
- Place
- Monroeville, PA · MONROEVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2988LMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2618 71/7/21 MONROEVILLE,PA MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 520 TIME - 1635 N2988L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - P-MONROEVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUTLER,PA WEST MIFFLIN,PA 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ACFT T/D APRX 1100FT BEYOND RWY THRESHOLD,BOUNCED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2988L
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- P-Monroeville
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