- Date
- June 29, 1974
- Place
- Crystal, MN · CRYSTAL, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6898UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740629028079A
- Case key
- 130685
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2947 74/6/29 CRYSTAL,MINN MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 350 TIME - 1400 N6898U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PARK RAPIDS,MINN CRYSTAL,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- HARD LNDG GR RETRACTED.LOCK NOT FULLY ENGD.GEAR IND LIGHT OUT OF ADJ.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6898U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal
N6898URegistration cancelled Jan 9, 2019 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.