Mooney M20F N3386X

Summary

On 22 March 1983 at about 17:20 local time, a Mooney M20F registered N3386X was involved in an accident near Springfield, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 March 1983 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Springfield (SGF)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20F

Registration

N3386X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Faucett → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA080

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE WHEN THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEARS COLLAPSED WHILE THE PILOT WAS TAXIING IN FROM LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 31 AND HAD BEGUN A RIGHT TURN ONTO A TAXIWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR AND THEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE GEAR RETRACTED POSITION. THE PILOT SAID THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING BUT THE GEAR HANDLE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LATCHED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT ALSO SAID HE DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE WARNING HORN DURING THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE. AN FAA INSPECTOR SAID THE WARNING HORN WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR LATCH MECHANISM DID NOT REVEAL ANY DEFICIENCIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.