- Date
- March 6, 1967
- Place
- Pendleton, OR · PENDLETON, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3359XMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118235
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0923 67/3/6 PENDLETON,OREG MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 802 TIME - 1215 N3359X PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 698 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER SYSTEM: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 6-INCHES OF PROP BLADE SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3359X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3359XRegistration cancelled Jan 17, 2026 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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