19841005057019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Belen, NM · October 5, 1984

Date: October 5, 1984 · 13:20 local
Place: Belen, NM
Airport: Alexander Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N78912
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,600 total75 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

N78912Registered now · Mooney M20CS/N 1941 · Built 1961 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.

Landed gear up. Both instructor and pilot owner being checked out forgot to extend the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED GEAR UP. BOTH INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT OWNER BEING CHECKED OUT FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.