19881015059829I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Santa Fe, NM · October 15, 1988

Date
October 15, 1988 · 08:00 local
Place
Santa Fe, NM
Airport
Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5571Q
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total100 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.

Almost landed gear up. Go-around made as flaps scraped the ground. On third attempt pilot landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

ALMOST LANDED GEAR UP. GO-AROUND MADE AS FLAPS SCRAPED THE GROUND. ON THIRD ATTEMPT PILOT LANDED SAFELY.