ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358693
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Date: | Sunday 9 July 1995 |
Time: | 10:30 LT |
Type: | Mooney 20E |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N9296V |
MSN: | 700049 |
Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2110 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-360-A1A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Burlington, CT -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Sussex, NJ (N63) |
Destination airport: | (22B) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:DURING THE APPROACH, THE PILOT PERFORMED THE PRELANDING CHECKLIST. THE PILOT STATED, '...GOING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST MY FINGERS TOUCHED THE GEAR SWITCH BUT DID NOT PUT THE SWITCH IN THE GEAR DOWN POSITION....UPON LANDING, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE GEAR WAS UP....' THE AIRPLANE LANDED WHEELS UP. ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT STATED, '...WITH THE MOONEY ON ITS BELLY, I CHECKED THE GEAR HORN SINCE I DID NOT HEAR IT AT ANY TIME. THE HORN DID NOT WORK AS IT DID A FEW DAYS BEFORE....'
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear resulting in a wheels up landing. A factor relating to the accident was the inoperative gear warning horn.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC95LA149 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC95LA149
Revision history:
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