- Date
- January 3, 1965
- Place
- Snowden Twnshp, PA · SNOWDEN TWNSHP, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N858BMooney M-20
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180447
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0003 65/1/3 SNOWDEN TWNSHP PA MOONEY M-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 227 TIME - 1645 N858B PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STICKING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARBURETOR FLOAT VALVE STUCK CLOSED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N858B
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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