- Date
- February 22, 1975
- Place
- Orcas Island, WA · ORCAS ISLAND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8341EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750222004799A
- Case key
- 147879
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0393 75/2/22 ORCAS ISLAND,WA MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N8341E PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORCAS ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORCAS ISLAND,WA RENTON,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT DEP NARROW RWY & HIT ROAD BANK.PLT HAD 3 HRS IN LAST 90 DAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8341E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orcas Island
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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.