- Date
- May 25, 1986, 20:05 local (May 26, 1986, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Fargo, ND
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6519BMooney M20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860525020149A
- Case key
- 16970
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reports that he experienced difficulty in retracting the landing gear after departure but it did retract after several attempts. He said the gear system seemed to be hanging up. Upon reaching destination the gear again seemed to hang up when extension was attempted. After several attempts to lower the gear the gear handle broke off and all further attempts to extend the gear were futile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6519B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1186
- Airframe hours
- 4,112
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Francis B. Hillard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 13, 1986 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- GFK · Grand Forks, ND
- Airport
- FAR · Hector Field, runway 3, 4,267 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 199 total · 174 in this make and model · 151 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.