- Date
- November 9, 1973
- Place
- Plant City, FL · PLANT CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6079XMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731109038559A
- Case key
- 188011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3566 73/11/9 PLANT CITY,FLA MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 5172 TIME - 1510 N6079X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLANT CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- DWN LOCK RECEPTACLE FREE OF DEFECTS ALL 3 LDG GR AND OPERATING HANDLE HAD PROPER PRELOAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6079X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plant City
N6079XRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6079X · 1
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