- Date
- December 11, 1968
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3258FMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191983
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4745 68/12/11 MESA,ARIZ MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 107 TIME - 1435 N3258F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3258F
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falcon Field
N3258FRegistration cancelled Apr 5, 2018 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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