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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Bloomfield, IN · August 12, 1979

Date
August 12, 1979 · 18:10 local
Place
Bloomfield, IN
Airport
Shawnee
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5997Q
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,027 total1,027 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.

Gear down to observe runway condition. Retracted for go around. Forgot to extend gear on second approach.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR DOWN TO OBSERVE RUNWAY CONDITION. RETRACTED FOR GO AROUND. FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR ON SECOND APPROACH.