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Date
November 24, 1989 · 21:10 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Redbird Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6545U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total100 in this make and model20 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.
Aborted landing when realized gear up. Landed Redbird with gear up. Broken door hinge stopped gear extension.
As the FAA filed it
ABORTED LANDING WHEN REALIZED GEAR UP. LANDED REDBIRD WITH GEAR UP. BROKEN DOOR HINGE STOPPED GEAR EXTENSION.