- Date
- September 14, 1965
- Place
- Mitchell, SD · MITCHELL, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5544QMooney M21
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175505
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3957 65/9/14 MITCHELL S DAK MOONEY M21 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1750 TIME - 1000 N5544Q PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MITCHELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED REMARKS- LANDING GEAR MOTOR ACTUATOR UNIT STICKING CAUSING CIRCUIT BREAKER TO TRIP PRIOR TO FULL GR EXTENSN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5544Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mitchell
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