Mooney M20F N6394Q

3 September 1973 · Edgewater, Florida, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 3 September 1973 at about 15:30 local time, a Mooney M20F registered N6394Q was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Edgewater, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 September 1973 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Edgewater, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Massey Ranch
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20F
Registration: N6394Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → New Smyrna Beach, Fla
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2779

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

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

SOFT SPOT MIDWAY ON RWY GRASS ABT 10IN HI.USED 3NOTCHES OF FLAP MFG REC 2.ATMTD RAPID CLB-WIRES.

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 3-2779, 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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