- Date
- October 29, 1987, 10:16 local (15:16 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N413HMMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871029061079A
- Case key
- 32081
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated that while turning final approach he believes he placed the landing gear handle in the down position and observed red gear intransit lights. He was occupied by a strong wind for the landing and never checked for a gear down and safe indication. The acft was landed gear up. Post accident operation of the landing gear system revealed no evidence to indicate precrash mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N413HM
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 211179
- Airframe hours
- 1,315
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Boyd, Millard C.
- Registered owner
- Millard C Boyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 3, 1986
- Departed
- SUA · Stuart, FL
- Airport
- VRB · Vero Beach Munic., runway 29L, 6,271 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Expired
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 310 in this make and model · 1,925 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 13 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.