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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Peachtree City, GA · August 5, 1987

Date
August 5, 1987 · 20:35 local
Place
Peachtree City, GA
Airport
Falcon Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201QS
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total1,100 in this make and model35 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.

Unsafe gear indication with extenion. Landed gear up. Pilot did not use emergency system. Impending thunderstorm.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION WITH EXTENION. LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT DID NOT USE EMERGENCY SYSTEM. IMPENDING THUNDERSTORM.