19880203001879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Visalia, CA · February 3, 1988

Date
February 3, 1988 · 18:15 local
Place
Visalia, CA
Airport
Visalia Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1171L
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A3B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total400 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.

Returned to field after takeoff. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed with gear up.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNED TO FIELD AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED WITH GEAR UP.