19870403035149A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20F · Grants Pass, OR · April 3, 1987

Date
April 3, 1987 · 10:30 local
Place
Grants Pass, OR
Airport
Josephine County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6901V
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA87LA128
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
343 total85 in this make and model

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.

Pilot took off with pitot tube cover on with no airspeed indication. Returned to land and forgot to extend the gear

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF WITH PITOT TUBE COVER ON WITH NO AIRSPEED INDICATION. RETURNED TO LAND AND FORGOT TO EXTEND THE GEAR

NTSB investigation

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