- Date
- October 21, 1975
- Place
- Valdosta, GA · VALDOSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79346Mooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751021039169A
- Case key
- 151473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3754 75/10/21 VALDOSTA,GA MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 822 TIME - 1900 N79346 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALDOSTA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,GA VALDOSTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- LNDG GR GREEN LGT ON WITHOUT LNDG GR HANDLE BEING SECURED IN SOCKET.GR HANDLE CAME OUT DRG LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79346
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valdosta Muni
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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.