Mooney M20E N9418V

Summary

On 25 December 1984 at about 19:55 local time, a Mooney M20E registered N9418V was involved in an accident near Monroeville, Alabama, 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

25 December 1984 at 19:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Monroeville, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Monroe Co (MVC)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20E

Registration

N9418V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Muscle Shoals → Monroeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

ATL85LA065

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

PLT UNABLE TO ELECTRICALLY OR MANUALLY FULLY EXTEND LANDING GEAR IN TRAFFIC PATTERN SO HE DECIDED TO MAKE A GEAR UP LANDING. UNKNOWINGLY PLT HAD LOWERED GEAR TO A TRANSIT POSITION AND GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. PLT HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH GEAR AND HAD TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR. GEAR WAS ABLE TO BE MANUALLY EXTENDED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS UNDETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.