- Date
- May 26, 1980
- Place
- Columbus, GA · COLUMBUS, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5832QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800526015539A
- Case key
- 130771
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0936 80/5/26 COLUMBUS,GA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N5832Q PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 1113 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAWSON AAF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LOCKING MECH BELOW INST PANEL NOT LOCKING WHEN GEAR EXTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5832Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lawson Aaf
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5832Q · 1
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