- Date
- March 21, 1978
- Place
- Rodgersville, PA · RODGERSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9579MMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780321007289A
- Case key
- 142038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1576 78/3/21 RODGERSVILLE,PA MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1749 TIME - 1300 N9579M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 382 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RODGERSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD ON AN UPHILL SLOPE,STRUCK FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9579M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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