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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX84LA222

1984-03-17 RANCHO, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N3VE

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20C

Engine

LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19650531

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A31C80

Registrant of record

AERO 356 LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AFTER PROPELLER FAILURE DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PLT HADMADE HIS PROPELLER OF FIBERGLASS INSTEAD OF RECOMMENDED WOOD. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLT WITH THIS PROPELLER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_LAX84LA222.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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