Mooney M20B N74704

21 January 1972 · Wilmington, North Carolina, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 January 1972 at about 16:01 local time, a Mooney M20B registered N74704 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. 3 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: 21 January 1972 at 16:01
Classification: Accident
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: New Hanover
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20B
Registration: N74704
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Allentown, Pa
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0332

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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 NOT AWARE OF ARRESTING GR ACRS RWY.TKOF, OVR-ROTATED DUE GR, TAIL HIT RWY.

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 3-0332, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
13 Oct 1972	Mooney M20B N74546	Brazoria, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
4 Sep 1972	Mooney M20B N74703	Compton, California, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
24 Aug 1972	Mooney M20B N74709	Lansing, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
13 Aug 1973	Mooney M20B N74796	Hillsboro, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
13 Nov 1971	Mooney M20B N74578	Rockford, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Dec 1973	Mooney M20B N74585	Elyria, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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