- Date
- July 3, 1976
- Place
- Benson, VT · BENSON, VT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6479UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760703019279A
- Case key
- 154349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1790 76/7/3 BENSON,VT MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1943 TIME - 1100 N6479U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1261 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BULLESON FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMITYVILLE,NY BENSON,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- RWY COND NOT SUITABLE FOR ATMTD OPN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6479U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bulleson Farm
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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.