- Date
- September 4, 1983, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rock Spring, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5297BMooney M-2O
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830904055659A
- Case key
- 16163
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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
The acft landed with the landing gear up after the flt experienced some delays in landing because an airshow was in progress. The accident plt was told to hold 30 minutes and then 6 minutes later was told he could land if he hurried and'got back to the arpt quickly.' The plt was cleared for a straight in approach. The requests for position reports came about every minute according to the plt. He said that because of the radio he did not go through the checklist and forgot to lower the gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5297B
- Reported as
- Mooney M-2O
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1159
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-32O, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald Clemas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 15, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- RAP · Rapid City, SD
- Airport
- RKS · Rock Springs, runway 9, 10,000 × 150 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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,961 total · 2,961 in this make and model · 2,961 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 2KS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.