19881208069899I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Rochester, WI · December 8, 1988

Date
December 8, 1988 · 11:30 local
Place
Rochester, WI
Airport
Fox River Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4804H
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total1,500 in this make and model65 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.

Student thought he had gear down light. Landed gear up. Instructor had pulled two breakers to silence gear horn.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT THOUGHT HE HAD GEAR DOWN LIGHT. LANDED GEAR UP. INSTRUCTOR HAD PULLED TWO BREAKERS TO SILENCE GEAR HORN.