Mooney M20E N9144V

25 September 1969 · Santa Ana, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 September 1969 at about 13:41 local time, a Mooney M20E registered N9144V, operated by FUN Air Interp, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Santa Ana, California, 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: 25 September 1969 at 13:41
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Ana, California, United States
Nearest airport: Orange Co.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20E
Registration: N9144V
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: FUN Air Interp
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4094

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT STARTED TAKEOFF WITH GR SELECTOR SWITCH IN THE UP POSITION.

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 3-4094, 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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