- Date
- February 4, 1968
- Place
- Augusta, ME · AUGUSTA, ME
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7874VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0179 68/2/4 AUGUSTA,ME MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 210 TIME - 0800 N7874V PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUGUSTA STATE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY REMARKS- PROP,TAIL SKID STRUCK RNWY. CONTINUED FLT TO DESTINATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7874V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Augusta State
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