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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Minneapolis, MN · March 18, 1988

Date
March 18, 1988 · 18:10 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5735T
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360GB
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
173 total3 in this make and model5 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.

Lost directional control on touch and go. Veered off runway. Hit a VASI light. Nose gear steering had been damaged.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TOUCH AND GO. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. HIT A VASI LIGHT. NOSE GEAR STEERING HAD BEEN DAMAGED.