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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Kaiser, MO · October 21, 1981

Date: October 21, 1981 · 15:30 local
Place: Kaiser, MO
Airport: Lee C Fine Memora
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6355Q
Reported as: Mooney M20F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,300 total1,124 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N6355QRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 670438 · Built 1967 Airframe modelMooney M20F 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.

Pilot inadvertently shut off fuel while adjusting seat. Due to traffic, pilot landed gear up off runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT INADVERTENTLY SHUT OFF FUEL WHILE ADJUSTING SEAT. DUE TO TRAFFIC, PILOT LANDED GEAR UP OFF RUNWAY.