- Date
- July 28, 1983, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- St.Simonsisland, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9244VMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830728041379I
- Case key
- 5992
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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.
Analysis
Acft had neither a green light nor mechanical indication of safe gear confirmed by the tower. All landing gear collapsedon touchdown. The motor to actuator coupling which is common to both electric & manual landing gear systems failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9244V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 690092
- Airframe hours
- 1,806
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marion G. Davis,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1983 · 236 hours before
- Departed
- 2J2 · Hinesville, GA
- Airport
- SSI · Malcolm Mckinnon, runway 33, 3,313 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,469 total · 1,906 in this make and model · 2,374 as pilot in command · 118 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Observed at
- SSI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9244V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.