- Date
- April 2, 1976
- Place
- Bedford, MA · BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9788MMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760402006769A
- Case key
- 153021
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0687 76/4/2 BEDFORD,MA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 4711 TIME - 1418 N9788M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 685 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAWRENCE G HANSCM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEDFORD,MA FORT PLAIN,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9788M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lawrence G Hanscm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.