- Date
- October 3, 1971
- Place
- Great Falls, MT · GREAT FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78939Mooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3954 71/10/3 GREAT FALLS,MONT MOONEY M20C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 204 TIME - 0825 N78939 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT FALLS INT. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREAT FALLS,MONT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE FAILED.METAL SLEEVE WAS FOUND LOOSE WHERE IT IS SWAGED TO CLEVIS END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78939
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Great Falls Int.
N78939Registration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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