- Date
- October 25, 1966
- Place
- Ottawa, KS · OTTAWA, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5252BMooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3744 66/10/25 OTTAWA KANS MOONEY M20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 540 TIME - 1800 N5252B PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTTAWA MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- GEAR WARNING FAILED DUE TO BENT METAL BRACKET ON THROTTLE LINKAGE.NOT EQUIPPED WITH GEAR LIGHTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5252B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ottawa Muni
N5252BRegistration cancelled Jan 23, 1976 · Mooney M20Airframe modelMooney M20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.