- Date
- February 29, 1964
- Place
- Wells, NV · WELLS, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8140EMooney MK20
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185318
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0515 64/2/29 WELLS NEVADA MOONEY MK20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N8140E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 58, 4725 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 75 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8140E
- Reported as
- Mooney MK20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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