Mooney M20A N6072X

26 June 1979 · Hillsdale, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 June 1979 at about 07:15 local time, a Mooney M20A registered N6072X, operated by Jack Shahan, was involved in an accident during in flight near Hillsdale, Kansas, 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: 26 June 1979 at 07:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Hillsdale, Kansas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20A
Registration: N6072X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Jack Shahan
Operating rule: Flying School
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Olathe, Ks → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1199

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

CRANKSHAFT GEAR LOCKING PLATE BROKE.ATTACHING BOLT LOOSENED.DOWEL PIN SHEARED.ENGINE FAILED.

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 3-1199, 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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