- Date
- January 9, 1972
- Place
- Durham, NC · DURHAM, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6075QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165273
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0233 72/1/9 DURHAM,NC MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 255 TIME - 1615 N6075Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DURHAM SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAPEL HILL,NC DURHAM,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING REMARKS- R GR DIDNT LOCK DWN. FOUND BINDING AT RETRACT LINK AND GR LEG ATTACH POINT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6075Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Durham Skypark
N6075QRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2020 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine 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.
Other investigations on N6075Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA19FA130Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportCashiers, NCThe pilot's loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation while flying in instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the vacuum pump and its associated instruments.NTSB MIA67F0317Accident · No injuriesClosedNashville, TN