- Date
- October 22, 1964
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N866BMooney M20
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3282 64/10/22 WICHITA KANS MOONEY M20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 485 TIME - 1822 N866B PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICHITA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- GEAR HANDLE NOT SECURED IN DOWNLOCK LATCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N866B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wichita
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Other investigations on N866B · 2
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