39.7684° N, 86.1580° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 29, 1983 · 12:00 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N96446
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360GB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,630 total407 in this make and model58 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.
Failed to arrest high sink rate on final. Hard landing damaged propeller and wings.
As the FAA filed it
FAILED TO ARREST HIGH SINK RATE ON FINAL. HARD LANDING DAMAGED PROPELLER AND WINGS.