19861230085019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Ludington, MI · December 30, 1986

Date
December 30, 1986 · 14:15 local
Place
Ludington, MI
Airport
Mason County
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3297F
Reported as
Mooney M20F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total1,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landing gear retracted prematurely during takeoff. Gear switch was placed in up position accidently on preflight.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR RETRACTED PREMATURELY DURING TAKEOFF. GEAR SWITCH WAS PLACED IN UP POSITION ACCIDENTLY ON PREFLIGHT.

Other reports on N3297F · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.