Mooney M20C N5832Q

17 July 1981 · Thomasville, Georgia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 July 1981 at about 11:30 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N5832Q, operated by FT Benning, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Thomasville, Georgia, 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: 17 July 1981 at 11:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Thomasville, Georgia, United States
Nearest airport: Thomasville Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20C
Registration: N5832Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: FT Benning
Operating rule: Flying Club (Military)
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Columbus, Ga → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2071

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

SAFE GEAR LGT WOULD ILLUMINATE W GEAR HNDL IN INTMD PSN.PLT OBSD SAFE GEAR LGT ON BFR LNDG.

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 3-2071, 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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