- Date
- April 26, 1968
- Place
- New Knoxvill, OH · NEW KNOXVILL, OH
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74792Mooney M20B
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0927 68/4/26 NEW KNOXVILL,OHIO MOONEY M20B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 878 TIME - 1630 N74792 PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW KNOXVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GR DOWN LOCK AND RETRACT LINK ATTACH EARS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74792
- Reported as
- Mooney M20B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Knoxville
N74792Registration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Mooney M20BAirframe modelMooney M20BEngine 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.