- Date
- July 5, 1981
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6373QMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810705090009A
- Case key
- 124819
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1326 81/7/5 SOUTH BEND,IN MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 314 TIME - 2225 N6373Q PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 276 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MICHIANA REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSKEGON,MI SOUTH BEND,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- L MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.UN MAINT DIR CTL.FND NWS BOLT(NAS 623-3-29)& L MAIN GEAR PUSH-PULL RODS BKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6373Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Michiana Regional
FAA reports on this event · 1
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