- Date
- May 20, 1978
- Place
- Westerly, RI · WESTERLY, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9474VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780520014709A
- Case key
- 142084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1708 78/5/20 WESTERLY,RI MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 400 TIME - 1610 N9474V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 187 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTERLY STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTERLY,RI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9474V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westerly State
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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.