33.7484° N, 116.2748° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BERMUDA DUNES (UDD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 31, 1981 · 14:30 local
Place
Bermuda Dunes, CA
Airport
Bermuda Dunes
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3583N
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total80 in this make and model120 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.
Za magneto rough. Simulated emergency landing, forgot to extend gear.
As the FAA filed it
ZA MAGNETO ROUGH. SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDING, FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR.