- Date
- January 20, 1973
- Place
- Town Of Eden, NY · TOWN OF EDEN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6504UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730120000649A
- Case key
- 169640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0031 73/1/20 TOWN OF EDEN,NY MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 274 TIME - 1715 N6504U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 156 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAMBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAMBURG,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AIRBORNE APRX 1HR 15MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6504U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hamburg
N6504URegistration cancelled Feb 25, 2013 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.