- Date
- March 6, 1977
- Place
- Kirkwood, PA · KIRKWOOD, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4204Mooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770306015989A
- Case key
- 157842
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2142 77/3/6 KIRKWOOD,PA MOONEY M20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 270 TIME - 1400 N4204 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 252 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENLEAF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KIRKWOOD,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MIXTURE CONTROL ARM BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM CARBURETOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4204
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greenleaf
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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.