19800704059249I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Ft Myers, FL · July 4, 1980

Date
July 4, 1980 · 19:09 local
Place
Ft Myers, FL
Airport
Lee Page
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3417X
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,454 total200 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 had an electrical failure. Landed gear up. Stated he extended gear. No mechanical defects found.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. LANDED GEAR UP. STATED HE EXTENDED GEAR. NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS FOUND.