- Date
- January 10, 1976
- Place
- Farwell, TX · FARWELL, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2561WMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760110007019A
- Case key
- 152690
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0610 76/1/10 FARWELL,TX MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 400 TIME - 1545 N2561W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NO NAME DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARWELL,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- ENORMOUS RATS NEST ARND MANUAL LDG GR ACTUATOR ASSY. L BELL CRANK FAILED AT WELDED ATTACH PT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2561W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- No Name
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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.