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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Lititz, PA · March 23, 1982

Date
March 23, 1982 · 16:30 local
Place
Lititz, PA
Airport
Lancaster Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5785Q
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total250 in this make and model6 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.

Pilot forgot to extend gear. Warning horn inoperative. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR. WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE. LANDED GEAR UP.