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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Hartford, CT · July 25, 1994

Date: July 25, 1994 · 18:00 local
Place: Hartford, CT
Airport: Hartford-Brainard
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1150M
Reported as: Mooney M20K
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total10 in this make and model10 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.

Narrative: aircraft making approach for landing at hfd. Pilot stated that upon retarding throttle for landing he became fixated on what appeared to be a malfunctioning manifold pressure gage. While attempting to adjust the throttle to compensate for low map he neglected to lower the landing gear. The wheels up landing resulted in damage to the engine and propeller and minor skin damage to lower fuselage skin. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT MAKING APPROACH FOR LANDING AT HFD. PILOT STATED THAT UPON RETARDING THROTTLE FOR LANDING HE BECAME FIXATED ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MALFUNCTIONING MANIFOLD PRESSURE GAGE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE THROTTLE TO COMPENSATE FOR LOW MAP HE NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE WHEELS UP LANDING RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER AND MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^