- Date
- August 19, 1967
- Place
- Westland, MI · WESTLAND, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1087CMooney 20A
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2969 67/8/19 WESTLAND,MICH MOONEY 20A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 35 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N1087C PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NATIONAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- LDG GR RETRACTION HANDLE TRUSS UNIT P/N 5059 FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1087C
- Reported as
- Mooney 20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- National
N1087CRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 1975 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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.
Other investigations on N1087C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.