# NTSB LAX69D0224: Mooney M20C, N9082V, La Verne, CA, December 29, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 29, 1968
- Place: La Verne, CA · LA VERNE, CA
- Location: 34.1205° N, 117.7699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Verne, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1205&lon=-117.7699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191886
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69D0224
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0224

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4515  68/12/29   LA VERNE,CALIF      MOONEY M20C         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1500                    N9082V              PX-  0  0  1  DUAL                      AGE 29, 443 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            7 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BRACKETT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
           DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9082V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9082V-1974-05-20), registration cancelled 1974-05-20, S/N 690004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Brackett

## Other investigations on N9082V (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX74OL049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74OL049), Dec 22, 1973: Mooney M20C (N9082V), Mulege, Mexico, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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