19890411018729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Tok, AK · April 11, 1989

Date
April 11, 1989 · 16:00 local
Place
Tok, AK
Airport
Tok Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79330
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Continental IO360A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total600 in this make and model210 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.

Had been flying fixed gear only until first flight in his newly acquired Mooney aircraft. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

HAD BEEN FLYING FIXED GEAR ONLY UNTIL FIRST FLIGHT IN HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED MOONEY AIRCRAFT. LANDED GEAR UP.