- Date
- July 19, 1987, 09:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Basye, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6769UMooney M-20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870719046049A
- Case key
- 11331
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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
When the pilot applied brakes during the landing roll the acft swerved left. He applied the right brake to straighten the acft and the acft swerved right. The pilot attempted to correct with left brake and the right main gear collapsed. No malfunctions were found with the brake system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6769U
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2508
- Airframe hours
- 1,979
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vincent Ryan
- Registered owner
- Vincent B Ryan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 18, 1987
- Departed
- W10 · Manassas, VA
- Airport
- W92 · Sky Bryce, runway 5, 2,240 × 50 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 946 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.