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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Savannah, GA · April 4, 1992

Date: April 4, 1992 · 18:54 local
Place: Savannah, GA
Airport: Savannah International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6949V
Reported as: Mooney M20F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 280 total17 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N6949VRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 22-1322 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.

Unsafe gear down indication. Landed with gear retracted. Had to force left nose gear door open to get gear down.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED. HAD TO FORCE LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR OPEN TO GET GEAR DOWN.