- Date
- July 10, 1985, 18:30 local (Jul 11, 1985, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6879VMooney M20-F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850710030629A
- Case key
- 40195
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was substantially damaged during an inadvertant gear-up landing. Inspection of the acft revealed the landing gear circuit breaker was popped. When functionally tested, the landing gear operated normally. The gear warning horn was found to be inoperative however, the gear unsafe light and down and locked light functioned properly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6879V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20-F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1272
- Airframe hours
- 851
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chuck Wenger
- Registered owner
- Chuck Wenger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1985
- Departed
- SLE · Salem, OR
- Airport
- 40R5 · Flying W, runway 36, 1,500 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6879V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.