- Date
- November 14, 1984, 08:21 local (14:21 UTC)
- Place
- Abilene, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N231JNMooney 231
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841114076789A
- Case key
- 21627
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the plt, at about 15 ft AGL, simultaneous with gear retraction, the cabin door popped open and the nose of the airplane 'tucked.' The plt attempted to control the nose attitude but as the propeller began striking the runway surface, power was reduced and the acft settled back onto the runway with the gear retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231JN
- Reported as
- Mooney 231
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0276
- Airframe hours
- 6,240
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-6B1, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronnie O. Craft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- OKC · Oklahoma City, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Abilene Municipal, runway 17L, 7,200 × ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,006 total · 54 in this make and model · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 17 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.