Plane Crash List

Mooney M21 N5778Q

14 February 1971 · North Shore, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 February 1971 at about 15:00 local time, a Mooney M21 registered N5778Q was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near North Shore, California, 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
at 15:00
Classification
Accident
Location
North Shore, California, United States
Nearest airport
North Shore Arpt
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Mooney M21
Registration
N5778Q
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Monterey, Calif → S
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-0830

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

ACTUATING LEVER, MOONEY P/N5059, FAILED IN WELD HEAT AFFECTED ZONE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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