Mooney M20E accident near Monroeville, Alabama, December 25, 1984
On December 25, 1984 at about 7:55 pm local time, a Mooney M20E, registered N9418V, was substantially damaged in an accident near Monroeville, Alabama (Monroe CO airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 25, 1984 · about 7:55 pm local time
- Place
- Monroeville, Alabama · Monroe CO
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20E · all M20Es on the register
- Registration
- N9418V · registry record · serial 700024
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
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.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 1,415 hours in all; 1,374 in this make and model; 12 in the last 90 days
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,882 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, February 1, 1984
- Maximum gross weight: 2,575 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: MSL Muscle Shoals AL at 6:17 pm
- Destination: MVC Monroeville AL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Runway 30, 6,000 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: dawn
- Wind: from 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: scat
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 2 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ATL85LA065.