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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Ft Meade, MD · February 20, 1985

Date
February 20, 1985 · 20:30 local
Place
Ft Meade, MD
Airport
Tipton Aaf
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9301V
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,600 total50 in this make and model90 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.

During night checkout aircraft was low on final, struck trees. Instructor took control, made go around safely.

As the FAA filed it

DURING NIGHT CHECKOUT AIRCRAFT WAS LOW ON FINAL, STRUCK TREES. INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL, MADE GO AROUND SAFELY.

Other reports on N9301V · 1

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