- Date
- March 30, 1974
- Place
- Slaton, TX · SLATON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3901NMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740330007009A
- Case key
- 186569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0495 74/3/30 SLATON,TEX MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1700 N3901N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 25, 2111 TOTAL HOURS, 23 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLATON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLATON,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3901N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Slaton Muni
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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.