- Date
- April 30, 1969
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA · WEST MIFFLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6806NMooney M20G
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175484
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1859 69/4/30 WEST MIFFLIN,PA MOONEY M20G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 281 TIME - 0945 N6806N PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- GR CTL DETENT PIN SHEARED,GR CTL MOVED TO UP POSITION.PLT ABORTED T/O AFTER PROP HIT RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6806N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny
N6806NRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2013 · Mooney M-20GAirframe modelMooney M-20GEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N6806N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.