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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Indianapolis, IN · August 11, 1985

Date: August 11, 1985 · 18:41 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: Indianapolis International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5742Z
Reported as: Mooney M20J
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 333 total220 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N5742ZRegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-1451 · Built 1984 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming AEIO-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.

Distracted pilot failed to lower gear for landing. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

DISTRACTED PILOT FAILED TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING. LANDED GEAR UP.