- Date
- May 2, 1978
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8110EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780502009069A
- Case key
- 142304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0970 78/5/2 NR.SANTA ROSA,CA MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 554 TIME - 0645 N8110E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 320 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ROSA,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8110E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8110ERegistration cancelled May 31, 2013 · 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.
Other investigations on N8110E · 1
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