Mooney 20E N1978Y

3 July 1966 · Pittsburgh Pa, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 July 1966 at about 18:17 local time, a Mooney 20E registered N1978Y, operated by Associated PRO, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Pittsburgh Pa, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 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: 3 July 1966 at 18:17
Classification: Accident
Location: Pittsburgh Pa, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Greater Pittsburg
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney 20E
Registration: N1978Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Associated PRO
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1779

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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 WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE-WARNING LIGHTS OK.

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 3-1779, 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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