- Date
- October 12, 1965
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5834QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175771
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2971 65/10/12 DANBURY CONN MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 850 TIME - 1645 N5834Q PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY REMARKS- PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT REMAINED AIRBORNE AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5834Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Danbury
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