- Date
- March 23, 1976
- Place
- Gravois Mills, MO · GRAVOIS MILLS, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8128EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760323013309A
- Case key
- 153624
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2270 76/3/23 GRAVOIS MILLS,MO MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 995 TIME - 1950 N8128E PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 875 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WULFF HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSA,OK GRAVOIS MILLS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED FROM HARD LDG.WELD HAD VERY LITTLE PENETRATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8128E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wulff Harbor
N8128ERegistration cancelled Apr 27, 2015 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine 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.