- Date
- April 24, 1976
- Place
- New Shoreham, RI · NEW SHOREHAM, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3470NMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760424008939A
- Case key
- 152971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0722 76/4/24 NEW SHOREHAM,RI MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 940 TIME - 0913 N3470N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOCK ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW SHOREHAM,RI HARTFORD,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT-DID NOT MAINTAIN POS RATE OF CLB AFTR TKOF PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT RETRACTING LNDG GR,ACFT SETTLED BACK TO RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3470N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Block Island
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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.