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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20C · Wahpeton, ND · March 26, 1987

Date
March 26, 1987 · 18:30 local
Place
Wahpeton, ND
Airport
Harry Stern
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6550U
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN87LA073
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
572 total32 in this make and model44 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.

The pilot failed to lower the gear beore landing. The instructor failed to catch the mistake.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR BEORE LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO CATCH THE MISTAKE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.