Mooney M20F accident near Gainesville, Florida, January 12, 1986
On January 12, 1986 at about 9:39 pm local time, a Mooney M20F, registered N9326V, was substantially damaged in an accident near Gainesville, Florida (Gainesville Regional airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 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
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- January 12, 1986 · about 9:39 pm local time
- Place
- Gainesville, Florida · Gainesville Regional · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20F · all M20Fs on the register
- Registration
- N9326V · registry record · serial 700002
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN HE EXTENDED HIS LANDING GEAR ALL SEEMED NORMAL EXCEPT HE DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT, HE RECYCLED THE GEAR WITH THE SAME RESULT & THEN FLEW BY THE TOWER & THEY STATED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN, BUT UPON TOUCHDOWN AFTER A GROUND ROLL OF APPX 200 FT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY COLLAPSING THE REMAINING GEAR. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT.
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; rotorcraft: glider
- Flight time: 1,346 hours in all; 195 in this make and model; 23 in the last 90 days; 1,207 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,181 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, January 22, 1985; 120 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,740 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming O-360-A10 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: Ocala FL at 8:00 pm
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 28, 7,500 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 64°F (18°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 9:41 pm from GNV
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Other NTSB records under N9326V the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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 MIA86LA058.