- Date
- October 27, 1968
- Place
- Frankfort, NY · FRANKFORT, NY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8198EMooney MK 20A
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4682 68/10/27 FRANKFORT,NY MOONEY MK 20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 489 TIME - 1500 N8198E PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HIGHLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- GEAR HANDLE LOCK NOT FULLY ENGAGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8198E
- Reported as
- Mooney MK 20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Highland
N8198ERegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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.