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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Gadsden, AL · February 17, 1980

Date
February 17, 1980 · 14:00 local
Place
Gadsden, AL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6536U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total400 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 made 2 go-arounds to avoid wake turbulence, then forgot landing gear on landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE 2 GO-AROUNDS TO AVOID WAKE TURBULENCE, THEN FORGOT LANDING GEAR ON LANDING.