36.8190° N, 76.2749° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 29, 1980 · 11:45 local
Place
Chesapeake, VA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6898V
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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 only partially down, landed. Circuit breaker popped from misuse of the system. Emergency procedure improper
As the FAA filed it
GEAR ONLY PARTIALLY DOWN, LANDED.CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED FROM MISUSE OF THE SYSTEM. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE IMPROPER