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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Wichita, KS · February 16, 1990

Date: February 16, 1990 · 18:40 local
Place: Wichita, KS
Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6560U
Reported as: Mooney M20C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,452 total50 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

N6560URegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 2342 · Built 1962 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot unfamiliar with gear lever positions. Thought he had gear down. Landed with gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNFAMILIAR WITH GEAR LEVER POSITIONS. THOUGHT HE HAD GEAR DOWN. LANDED WITH GEAR UP.