- Date
- July 7, 1964
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5224BMooney MK20
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1979 64/7/7 NEWPORT NEWS VA MOONEY MK20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 350 TIME - 1820 N5224B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATRICK HENRY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- GEAR ACTUATING HANDLE FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5224B
- Reported as
- Mooney MK20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patrick Henry
N5224BRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Mooney M20Airframe modelMooney M20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.