Mooney M20E N79376

21 April 1965 · Sugarland Tex, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 April 1965 at about 07:00 local time, a Mooney M20E registered N79376 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sugarland Tex, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 April 1965 at 07:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Sugarland Tex, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Hull Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20E
Registration: N79376
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1248

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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MATERIAL FAILURE OF GEAR ACTUATOR LUG FITTINGS

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1248, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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