- Date
- July 2, 1980
- Place
- Mt Union, PA · MT UNION, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7173VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800702024799A
- Case key
- 129627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2026 80/7/2 MT UNION,PA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 572 TIME - 1100 N7173V PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT UNION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT UNION,PA WILMINGTON,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7173V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Union
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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.