- Date
- January 2, 1966
- Place
- Goodland, KS · GOODLAND, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8139EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0569 66/1/2 GOODLAND KANS MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 36, 192 TIME - 1845 N8139E PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOODLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION.WELD ON SPACERS OF CLEVIS FITTINGS ON LATERAL TORQUE ROD FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8139E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goodland
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