- Date
- February 10, 1973
- Place
- Caribou, ME · CARIBOU, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2917LMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730210003929A
- Case key
- 170502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1315 73/2/10 CARIBOU,ME MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1410 N2917L PX- 0 0 1 TEST AGE 41, 10572 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARIBOU MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARIBOU,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL PRES DROP TO ZERO PSI.PLT ELECTED TO LND ON HWY,WING CAUGHT SNOW BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2917L
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caribou Mun
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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.