- Date
- May 5, 1981
- Place
- Deming, NM · DEMING, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18JKMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810505022379A
- Case key
- 126751
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0668 81/5/5 DEMING,NM MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1050 TIME - 0940 N18JK PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEMING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,NM DEMING,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE REMARKS- BROKEN ALTERNATOR WIRE.GEAR NOT CRANKED TO FULLY DWN & LOCKED PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18JK
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deming 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.