Mooney 20F N2911L
1 April 1971 · Leesburg, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 April 1971 at about 16:15 local time, a Mooney 20F registered N2911L, operated by SM Bear, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Leesburg, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Leesburg, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Leesburg Arpt
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Mooney 20F
- Registration
- N2911L
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- SM Bear
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Test
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1080
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
BORE OF LDG GR LOCK WORN SO GRIP COULD NOT SLIDEINTO LOCKING PSN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 1969 | Mooney 20A | Goodyear, Arizona, United States | Western Farm S | No injuries | - |
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| 12 Aug 1968 | Mooney 20B | La Grangeville, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Sep 1967 | Mooney 20C | Park Falls, Wisconsin, United States | Lambert Aviati | No injuries | - |
| 19 Oct 1967 | Mooney 20A | Kingsville, Texas, United States | Kingsville NAV | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |