33.3734° N, 104.5294° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 9, 1980 · 15:00 local
Place
Roswell, NM
Airport
Abandoned Municipal
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201SY
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
263 total90 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 making mercy landing for a sick passenger. Landed on Abandoned airport, hydroplaned tried to go around.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MAKING MERCY LANDING FOR A SICK PASSENGER. LANDED ON ABANDONED AIRPORT, HYDROPLANED TRIED TO GO AROUND.