- Date
- December 21, 1974
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6563UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741221042239A
- Case key
- 144984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4146 74/12/21 LAS VEGAS,NEV MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1240 N6563U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 320 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 26 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NO.LAS VEGAS,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- LND ON RD DUE UNDET VIBRATION.SWERVED TO AVOID CYCLIST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6563U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.