NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW84LA044
Registry · N677K
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
MOONEY M20C
Year of manufacture
1965 · 18 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19650903
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8F69A
Registrant of record
SASSINSKY JEFFREY B
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
DURING A MISSED APPROACH FROM A PRACTICE ILS APCH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD DURING GEAR RETRACTION. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TOEXTEND THE GEAR, BOTH NORMALLY & MANUALLY, RESULTED IN THE RIGHT GEAR REMAINING UP & LOCKED WITH THE INBOARD GEAR DOOR SLIGHTLY OPEN. THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT WITH THE RIGHT GEAR RETRACTED, & THE ACFT SWERVED RIGHT INTO A TAXIWAY DIRECTION SIGN. THE RIGHT GEAR WAS FOUND HELD IN THE UP POSITION BY THE GEAR UP LOCK. A SPRING, P/N 35-815115, DESIGNED TO LIFT THE UP LOCK OUT OF POSITION ALLOWING THE GEAR DOWN SEQUENCE TO BEGIN WAS MISSING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1983_FTW84LA044.txt.
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