- Date
- August 15, 1969
- Place
- Arroyo, CA · ARROYO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6704UMooney M-20C
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165143
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2689 69/8/15 ARROYO,CALIF MOONEY M-20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 170 TIME - 1530 N6704U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CALIF MONTEREY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HUBS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- BLADE RETAINING THREAD AREA IN HUB BARREL FAILED ALLOWING PROP BLADE TO BECOME DETACHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6704U
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6704URegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2018 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N6704U · 1
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