- Date
- December 28, 1975
- Place
- Stockton, CA · STOCKTON, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8120EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751228041239A
- Case key
- 152059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4096 75/12/28 NR.STOCKTON,CA MOONEY M20A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1175 TIME - 1605 N8120E PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKTON,CA CONCORD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- INFLIGHT FAILURE OF VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER.EVIDENCE OF ROT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8120E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8120ERegistration cancelled Jul 26, 2018 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-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.