Mooney M20A N8160E

15 May 1973 · Pontiac, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 May 1973 at about 21:14 local time, a Mooney M20A registered N8160E was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Pontiac, Michigan, 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: 15 May 1973 at 21:14
Classification: Accident
Location: Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport: Pontiac
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20A
Registration: N8160E
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-1509

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

LANDED IN RESIDENTAL AREA.PLT EST FUEL BFR TKOF 30GAL, CO-OWNER EST FUEL 20GAL.FUEL EX 1 1/2HR FLT.

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 3-1509, 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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