28.0836° N, 80.6081° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 21, 1991 · 18:20 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Airport
Melbourne Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N656FT
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
979 total10 in this make and model67 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.
Instructor did not check if landing gear was down. Landed gear up.
As the FAA filed it
INSTRUCTOR DID NOT CHECK IF LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP.