- Date
- May 15, 1983, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hinesville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2594WMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830515021139I
- Case key
- 5986
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Gear not extended
Gear extension - not performedCause
Analysis
The pilot failed to lower landing gear. The subsequent landing was executed non-intentional gear up. The pilot stated that she was preoccupied with a noise in the vicinity of the door.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2594W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 945
- Airframe hours
- 1,233
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lieslotte D. Reis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- 2J2 · Hinesville, runway 14, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,917 total · 1,289 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.