- Date
- February 27, 1968
- Place
- Orland, CA · ORLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7895VMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111401
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0574 68/2/27 ORLAND,CALIF MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1740 N7895V PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 42, 2700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 750 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAIGH FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON ABANDONED STRIP. ACFT INTERIOR BURST INTO FLAME AS CABIN DOOR WAS OPENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7895V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Haigh Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.