# NTSB MIA86LA232: Mooney M20C, N6824V, Ocala, FL, June 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1986, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Location: 29.1719° N, 82.2241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FLD (OCF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1719&lon=-82.2241&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): 31691
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31691/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA232

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - inoperative (cause)
  - landing gear,gear warning system - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN, CONTINUED HIS APCH AND LANDED WITHOUT REALIZING THE GEAR WAS STILL UP. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE FUSE FOR THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR HAD BLOWN DURING THE EXTENSION SEQUENCE AND THE GEAR DID NOT COMPLETELY EXTEND AND LOCK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6824V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6824V-2021-10-30), registration cancelled 2021-10-30, S/N 20-0004, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-acft-corp-of-texas-m20c) (registry code 5870308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20-0004
- Airframe hours: 1900
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larry C. Dotson
- Registered owner: Edd Ussery
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PFN, PANAMA CITY, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: OCF, Okala Municipal, runway 18, 5,007 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 30 nm away

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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