- Date
- May 22, 1966
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1297XMooney M-20E
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1157 66/5/22 EL PASO TEX MOONEY M-20E CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1828 N1297X PX- 0 0 2 DUAL AGE 35, 3739 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 79 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL PASO INTERNAT. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- GEAR HANDLE SEPERATED FROM LEVER ASSEMBLY P/N560011 AT WELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1297X
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Paso Internat.
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