- Date
- November 8, 1985, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gladewater, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N201QWMooney MK20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851108057759A
- Case key
- 21922
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff the headset wiring became tangled in the emergency gear extension handle which had been accidently activated. Then the normal gear handle was put in the up position, the emergency gear crank rotated pulling on the headset and the emergency gear handle beat on the pilot's left leg. The startled plt reduced pwr and executed a precautionary landing short of the rwy with the gear in transit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201QW
- Reported as
- Mooney MK20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0236
- Airframe hours
- 2,172
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy A. Hearne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1985 · 592 hours before
- Departed
- O7F · Gladewater, TX
- Destination
- TPL · Temple, TX
- Airport
- 07F · Gladewater Municipal, runway 13, 3,300 × 75 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,535 total · 217 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GGG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.