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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Pomona, NJ · January 26, 1980

Date
January 26, 1980 · 12:21 local
Place
Pomona, NJ
Airport
Nafec
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78911
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
323 total223 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.

When main gear touched down, the gear collapsed. When airplane was picked up, the gear fell into place.

As the FAA filed it

WHEN MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, THE GEAR COLLAPSED. WHEN AIRPLANE WAS PICKED UP, THE GEAR FELL INTO PLACE.