Mooney M20 N5235B

16 May 1974 · Falcon, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 May 1974 at about 12:00 local time, a Mooney M20 registered N5235B was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Falcon, Texas, United States. 2 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: 16 May 1974 at 12:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Falcon, Texas, United States
Nearest airport: Falcon State Park
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20
Registration: N5235B
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Zapata, Tex → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1226

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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 STATED WARNING HORN, LIGHT DID NOT REGISTER.INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO SYSTEM FAILURE.

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 3-1226, 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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