19820730059869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Trenton, NJ · July 30, 1982

Date
July 30, 1982 · 14:10 local
Place
Trenton, NJ
Airport
Mercer Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1168G
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A3B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,228 total30 in this make and model52 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.

Misused autopilot.. Caused full pitch up. Failed to pull circuit breaker. Misused gear handle, landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

MISUSED AUTOPILOT.. CAUSED FULL PITCH UP. FAILED TO PULL CIRCUIT BREAKER. MISUSED GEAR HANDLE, LANDED GEAR UP.