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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Anchorage, AK · June 20, 1979

Date
June 20, 1979 · 21:25 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6792V
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total325 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot unable to fully retract, or extend the gear. Motor gear train had failed

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO FULLY RETRACT, OR EXTEND THE GEAR. MOTOR GEAR TRAIN HAD FAILED