- Date
- September 8, 1972
- Place
- Skaneateles, NY · SKANEATELES, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6806NMooney M20G
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167611
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1514 72/9/8 SKANEATELES,NY MOONEY M20G CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 184 TIME - 1831 N6806N PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMPIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARSHFIELD,MASS ITHICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BECAME LOST DUE DEVIATION OF ENROUTE WEA.REQ FSS ASSISTANCE TOO LATE AND RAN OUT OF FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6806N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Empire
N6806NRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2013 · Mooney M-20GAirframe modelMooney M-20GEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N6806N · 1
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