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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20D · Mountain View, CA · March 7, 1993

Date
March 7, 1993 · 13:40 local
Place
Mountain View, CA
Airport
Moffett Field Nas
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6652U
Reported as
Mooney M20D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
890 total17 in this make and model17 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.

Pilot made a hard landing gear handle not locked down. Gear collapsed on second touch down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING GEAR HANDLE NOT LOCKED DOWN. GEAR COLLAPSED ON SECOND TOUCH DOWN.