- Date
- October 29, 1976
- Place
- Manville, NJ · MANVILLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5962QMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761029032319A
- Case key
- 201319
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3186 76/10/29 MANVILLE,NJ MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1000 N5962Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 59, 3503 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KUPPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANVILLE,NJ NEWPORT,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NR 3 CYL COMPRESSION RING FAILED.PERMITED HEAT CONCENTRATION,BURNED HOLE IN PISTON.HIT DIRT MOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5962Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kupper
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5962Q · 1
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