19831008067369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Ft Smith, AR · October 8, 1983

Date: October 8, 1983 · 16:23 local
Place: Ft Smith, AR
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N56420
Reported as: Mooney M20J
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A3B6
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,300 total30 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N56420Registration cancelled Mar 26, 1991 · Mooney M20JS/N 241380 Airframe modelMooney M20J

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.

Unable to extend the landing gear. Landed gear up. The landing gear actuator had failed.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR HAD FAILED.

Other reports on N56420 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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