- Date
- February 8, 1973
- Place
- Middleton, WI · MIDDLETON, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6520UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730208003039A
- Case key
- 169825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0456 73/2/8 MIDDLETON,WIS MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 400 TIME - 0815 N6520U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOREY ARPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETON,WIS IRONWOOD,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- GEAR HANDLE NOT IN THE DOWN DETENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6520U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morey Arpt
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.