- Date
- December 2, 1981
- Place
- Chandler, AZ · CHANDLER, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9159VMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811202081459A
- Case key
- 122753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3677 81/12/2 CHANDLER,AZ MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 550 TIME - 0550 N9159V PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANDLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANDLER,AZ BUCKEYE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- GEAR RETRACTED AT 70 TO 80MPH.AIR SW OPERD AT 70MPH.SYS CKD GOOD.ACFT LEFT UNLOCKED AFT PREV FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9159V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chandler
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9159V · 1
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