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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Walla Walla, WA · June 19, 1995

Date
June 19, 1995 · 12:53 local
Place
Walla Walla, WA
Airport
Walla Walla City County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6811U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,043 total500 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: pilot stated that tower controller tried to warn him gear was not down on final by radio and light gun signal. Pilot stated with master switch off, landing gear warning was inoperative. Pilot also stated he had forgot he had already put gear down, and on final, retracted the gear. The landing gear system in this aircraft is totally manual operation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT TOWER CONTROLLER TRIED TO WARN HIM GEAR WAS NOT DOWN ON FINAL BY RADIO AND LIGHT GUN SIGNAL. PILOT STATED WITH MASTER SWITCH OFF, LANDING GEAR WARNING WAS INOPERATIVE. PILOT ALSO STATED HE HAD FORGOT HE HAD ALREADY PUT GEAR DOWN, AND ON FINAL, RETRACTED THE GEAR. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IN THIS AIRCRAFT IS TOTALLY MANUAL OPERATION.