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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Watertown, SD · July 29, 1995

Date
July 29, 1995 · 14:45 local
Place
Watertown, SD
Airport
Watertown Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3706N
Reported as
Mooney M20G
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
387 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.

Engine failed en route. Landed gear up on gravel. Newly purchased. Possible unfamiliar with aircraft systems.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED EN ROUTE. LANDED GEAR UP ON GRAVEL. NEWLY PURCHASED. POSSIBLE UNFAMILIAR WITH AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

Other reports on N3706N · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.