- Date
- February 20, 1974
- Place
- Pensacola, FL · PENSACOLA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7105UMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186829
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0547 74/2/20 PENSACOLA,FLA MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1332 TIME - 1423 N7105U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1143 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOKSVILLE,FLA PENSACOLA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- MFG SPECIFIES MAIN GR PRELOAD 240-280LBS,NOSE GR 100-130IN LBS.ACFT R GR 336,L 384,NOSE 144IN LBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7105U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Regional
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