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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Waukesha, WI · June 24, 1996

Date
June 24, 1996 · 13:22 local
Place
Waukesha, WI
Airport
Waukesha County Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7120V
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Continental IO360A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
465 total405 in this make and model40 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 landed aircraft during possible electrical failure. Landing gear was partially extended and collapsed upon touch down. Possible low battery voltage may have caused loss of radio & electrical power. Faulty alternator was found by mechanic. Alternator failure was followed by loss of battery power, electrical landing gear did not fully extend.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT DURING POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND COLLAPSED UPON TOUCH DOWN. POSSIBLE LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE MAY HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF RADIO & ELECTRICAL POWER. FAULTY ALTERNATOR WAS FOUND BY MECHANIC. ALTERNATOR FAILURE WAS FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF BATTERY POWER, ELECTRICAL LANDING GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND.