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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Santa Ynez, CA · August 9, 1981

Date: August 9, 1981 · 10:30 local
Place: Santa Ynez, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6472Q
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,420 total860 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

N6472QRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 680014 · Built 1967 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot landed gear up when electrical power failed. Emergency system inoperative. Found broken generator bracket.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED GEAR UP WHEN ELECTRICAL POWER FAILED. EMERGENCY SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. FOUND BROKEN GENERATOR BRACKET.