- Date
- March 23, 1985, 14:27 local (20:27 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Smith, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1140LMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850323017159A
- Case key
- 33925
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated that as the acft lifted off the rwy, he heard a 'loud racket' somewhere in the acft. He retracted the landing gear to determine if the gear was the source of the noise. It was not and he aborted the flight by closing the throttle and putting the gear handle down. The landing gear was not fully extended and collapsed on touchdown. Inspection did not reveal source of noise that plt heard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1140L
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1158
- Airframe hours
- 753
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-AB6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard B. Griffin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1984
- Airport
- FSM · Municipal, runway 25, 8,000 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,213 total · 6,213 in this make and model · 6,213 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.