- Date
- April 9, 1985, 19:30 local (Apr 10, 1985, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gunthersville, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7153UMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850409011929A
- Case key
- 6773
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - night
Gear extension - not performedCause
Wheels up landing - inadvertent
Analysis
The plt reported that he failed to extend the landing gear in the traffic pattern. Subsequently, the acft was damaged during a gear up landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7153U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 92
- Airframe hours
- 2,320
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven G. Henderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 23, 1984 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- Gunthersville, AL
- Airport
- 8A1 · Gunthersville Municipal, runway 20, 3,360 × 95 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 183 total · 50 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.