Mooney M-20E N1297X

22 May 1966 · El Paso Tex, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 May 1966 at about 18:28 local time, a Mooney M-20E registered N1297X, operated by El Paso Aviati, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near El Paso Tex, Texas, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 May 1966 at 18:28
Classification: Accident
Location: El Paso Tex, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: El Paso Internat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M-20E
Registration: N1297X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: El Paso Aviati
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1157

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

GEAR HANDLE SEPERATED FROM LEVER ASSEMBLY P/N560011 AT WELD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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 3-1157, 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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