Mooney M-20 N853B

27 August 1965 · Kingman Kans, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 27 August 1965 at about 19:30 local time, a Mooney M-20 registered N853B, operated by Lindt Flying S, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Kingman Kans, Kansas, 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.

The record

Date: 27 August 1965 at 19:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Kingman Kans, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport: Kingman
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M-20
Registration: N853B
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Lindt Flying S
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4004

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

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

LANDING GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACT HANDLE FAILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-4004, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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