- Date
- March 22, 1983, 11:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3386XMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830322008459A
- Case key
- 33391
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft sustained damage when the left main and nose gears collapsed while the pilot was taxiing in from landing. The aircraft landed on runway 31 and had begun a right turn onto a taxiway when the nose gear and then the left main gear retracted. The landing gear handle was found in the gear retracted position. The pilot said the landing gear indicated down and locked prior to landing but the gear handle may not have been latched in the down position. The pilot also said he did not hear the landing gear unsafe warning horn during the accident sequence. An FAA inspector said the warning horn was out of adjustment and did not function properly. The examination of the landing gear latch mechanism did not reveal any deficiencies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3386X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670030
- Airframe hours
- 2,076
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carroll V. Goforth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1982 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- 89K · Faucett, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SGF · Springfield, runway 31, 5,598 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 572 total · 140 in this make and model · 527 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3386X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.