Mooney M20 N6519B

Summary

On 26 May 1986 at about 01:05 local time, a Mooney M20 registered N6519B, operated by Francis B. Hillard, was involved in an accident near Fargo, North Dakota, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 May 1986 at 01:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Hector Field (FAR)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20

Registration

N6519B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Francis B. Hillard

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Forks → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN86LA145

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 PLT REPORTS THAT HE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR AFTER DEPARTURE BUT IT DID RETRACT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. HE SAID THE GEAR SYSTEM SEEMED TO BE HANGING UP. UPON REACHING DESTINATION THE GEAR AGAIN SEEMED TO HANG UP WHEN EXTENSION WAS ATTEMPTED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR THE GEAR HANDLE BROKE OFF AND ALL FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE GEAR WERE FUTILE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.