- Date
- July 18, 1968
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3388XMooney 20E
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2332 68/7/18 FRESNO,CALIF MOONEY 20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0633 N3388X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRESNO AIR TERM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- WORM DRIVE GEARS WORN EXCESSIVELY. GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3388X
- Reported as
- Mooney 20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fresno Air Term
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