- Date
- July 7, 1972
- Place
- Prether, CA · PRETHER, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2925LMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166583
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1236 72/7/7 PRETHER,CALIF MOONEY M20F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 769 TIME - 1345 N2925L PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 708 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EARL WILSON RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARSON CITY,NEV FULLERTON,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 3 BEARING DOWEL PIN FAILED,OIL PASSAGE BLOCKED.CAUSED NR 3&4 CONROD FAILURES.LND IN WOODS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2925L
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Earl Wilson Ranch
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