# NTSB MIA86LA058: Mooney M20F, N9326V, Gainesville, FL, January 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 12, 1986, 16:39 local (21:39 UTC)
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Coordinates: 29.670892, -82.330734 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6709&lon=-82.3307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31564
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31564/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA058

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN HE EXTENDED HIS LANDING GEAR ALL SEEMED NORMAL EXCEPT HE DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT, HE RECYCLED THE GEAR WITH THE SAME RESULT & THEN FLEW BY THE TOWER & THEY STATED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, BUT UPON TOUCHDOWN AFTER A GROUND ROLL OF APPX 200 FT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY COLLAPSING THE REMAINING GEAR. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9326V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9326V), registered now, S/N 700002, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Registry model: [Mooney M20F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (registry code 5870214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 700002
- Airframe hours: 2181
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A10 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert W.Kell
- Registered owner: Warrior Aviation Associates
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 22, 1985, 120 hours before
- Departed: OCALA, FL
- Airport: GNV, Gainesville Regional, runway 28, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,346 total, 195 in this make and model, 1,207 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860112000549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860112000549A), Jan 12, 1986: Mooney M20F, Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. No gear light on normal or manual extension. Gear collapsed on landing. No cause found for malfunction.

## Other investigations on N9326V (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO92LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA008), Nov 6, 1991: Mooney 20F (N9326V), Basye, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE TO THE RUNWAY. FACTORS WERE THE GUSTY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE PILOT'S DELAY IN EXECUTING A GO AROUND.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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