Plane Crash List

Mooney M20 N872B

1 June 1985 · Fort Worth, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 June 1985 at about 21:30 local time, a Mooney M20 registered N872B, operated by Harry L. Phillips, was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 21:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Luck Field (F71)
Coordinates
32.6391, -97.3392
Aircraft
Mooney M20
Registration
N872B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Harry L. Phillips
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW85FPA03

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

THE ACFT CONTACTED AN IRON POLE AND A HANGAR FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL. THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER AN APRX 300 FT GROUND ROLL, THE ACFT VEERED LEFT. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED AN IRON POLE WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACFT ROTATING FURTHER TO THE LEFT AND CONTACTING THE HANGAR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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