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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20 · New Cumberland, PA · September 11, 1980

Date
September 11, 1980 · 08:58 local
Place
New Cumberland, PA
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3897H
Reported as
Mooney M20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
235 total20 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 advised tower he did not get safe gear lights. Lights worked ok landing made safely.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ADVISED TOWER HE DID NOT GET SAFE GEAR LIGHTS. LIGHTS WORKED OK LANDING MADE SAFELY.