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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Yakima, WA · July 18, 1981

Date: July 18, 1981 · 14:08 local
Place: Yakima, WA
Airport: Yakima
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7823V
Reported as: Mooney M20E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total550 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N7823VRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 445 · Built 1964 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

The pilot put the gear down. The front seat passenger noticed that the gear handle was not secured. Gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER NOTICED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT SECURED. GEAR COLLAPSED.