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FTW68F0407

1967-12-21 · KERRVILLE, Texas, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N7710M has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GLASAIR SH2, built 1987), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
MOONEY M-22 · N7710M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D0
Operator type
K
Airport
SCHREINER FIELD
Kind of flying
DB

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 12 kt
Temp
57° F

Aircraft history

Total time
6 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
9,000
Age
45

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SSY ON CROSS-OVER MANIFOLD.INTENTL WHEELS UP LNDG.

Investigator remarks

OIL LEAKED FROM FUEL DRAIN CHECK VALVE HOUSING A

Cause factors

  • 68/C/D0 C
    PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause
  • 74/C/CY C
    POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
  • 88/C/29 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY SECURED Cause
  • 88/C/51 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FIRE IN ENGINE Cause
  • 88/L/BF L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS BURNED
  • 88/L/AJ L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LEAK/LEAKAGE

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 0979. Source file NTSB_1967_2_0979.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.