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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20A · Lewiston, ME · December 8, 1985

Date: December 8, 1985 · 13:45 local
Place: Lewiston, ME
Airport: Auburn Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6010X
Reported as: Mooney M20A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 284 total250 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N6010XRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2013 · Mooney M20AS/N 1598 · Built 1960 Airframe modelMooney M20A 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.

Distraction when door popped open in flight. Failed to extend the gear for landing.

As the FAA filed it

DISTRACTION WHEN DOOR POPPED OPEN IN FLIGHT. FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR FOR LANDING.