- Date
- February 15, 1977
- Place
- Half Moon Bay, CA · HALF MOON BAY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6494UMooney MK20C
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770215003179A
- Case key
- 156825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0168 77/2/15 HALF MOON BAY,CA MOONEY MK20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 489 TIME - 1400 N6494U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 446 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HALF MOON BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA HALF MOON BAY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- EXTREME NOSE GEAR SHIMMY CAUSED LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6494U
- Reported as
- Mooney MK20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Half Moon Bay
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6494U · 1
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