- Date
- March 10, 1981
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4092HMooney M20K
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810310010329A
- Case key
- 127077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0695 81/3/10 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ MOONEY M20K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 500 TIME - 2030 N4092H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BADER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC CITY,NJ LEESBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- 1/4 IN ALUMINUM DECK PRES LN FAILED.STRUCK 2 HI-TENSION LNS.DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4092H
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bader
N4092HRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Mooney M20KAirframe modelMooney M20KEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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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.