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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Douglas, WY · October 16, 1996

Date
October 16, 1996 · 15:00 local
Place
Douglas, WY
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6960U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
888 total600 in this make and model50 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 encountered heavy rain in VFR conditions en route. Found Douglas, Wyoming and attempted to land. He stated he forgot to put the landing gear down. privacy data omitted Investigation is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN IN VFR CONDITIONS EN ROUTE. FOUND DOUGLAS, WYOMING AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND. HE STATED HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.