Mooney M-2O N5297B
4 September 1983 · Rock Spring, Wyoming, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 September 1983 at about 20:30 local time, a Mooney M-2O registered N5297B was involved in an accident near Rock Spring, Wyoming, 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
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Rock Spring, Wyoming, United States
- Nearest airport
- Rock Springs (RKS)
- Coordinates
- 41.5897, -109.2191
- Aircraft
- Mooney M-2O
- Registration
- N5297B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Rapid City → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN83LA223
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
THE ACFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP AFTER THE FLT EXPERIENCED SOME DELAYS IN LANDING BECAUSE AN AIRSHOW WAS IN PROGRESS. THE ACCIDENT PLT WAS TOLD TO HOLD 30 MINUTES AND THEN 6 MINUTES LATER WAS TOLD HE COULD LAND IF HE HURRIED AND'GOT BACK TO THE ARPT QUICKLY.' THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH. THE REQUESTS FOR POSITION REPORTS CAME ABOUT EVERY MINUTE ACCORDING TO THE PLT. HE SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE RADIO HE DID NOT GO THROUGH THE CHECKLIST AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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