19970104001459I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Beckley, WV · January 4, 1997

Date
January 4, 1997 · 19:00 local
Place
Beckley, WV
Airport
Raleigh County Memorial
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6581U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,380 total115 in this make and model103 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.

Tried activate runway lights on wrong frequency. Departed. Ground crew activated lights. Returned. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED ACTIVATE RUNWAY LIGHTS ON WRONG FREQUENCY. DEPARTED. GROUND CREW ACTIVATED LIGHTS. RETURNED. LANDED GEAR UP.

Other reports on N6581U · 1

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