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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Merritt Island, FL · April 2, 1987

Date
April 2, 1987
Place
Merritt Island, FL
Airport
Merritt Island
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79373
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total800 in this make and model30 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.

Gear up landing. Reported nine days later. Pilot stated gear folded on taxiing. Damage indicates gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR UP LANDING. REPORTED NINE DAYS LATER. PILOT STATED GEAR FOLDED ON TAXIING. DAMAGE INDICATES GEAR UP LANDING.

Other reports on N79373 · 1

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