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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Batesville, MS · March 9, 1989

Date
March 9, 1989 · 11:00 local
Place
Batesville, MS
Airport
Panola County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5693Q
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,062 total450 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.

Distracted by noisy radio forgot to lower the landing gear. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

DISTRACTED BY NOISY RADIO FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.