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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20D · Wheeling, IL · September 30, 1980

Date
September 30, 1980 · 13:00 local
Place
Wheeling, IL
Airport
Pal Waukee
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1965Y
Reported as
Mooney M20D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,048 total12 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.

Failed to extend gear. Go around initiated. Propellor blades struck runway. Subsequent landing without incident.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR. GO AROUND INITIATED. PROPELLOR BLADES STRUCK RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENT LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.