# Incident 19970104001459I: Mooney M20C, Beckley, WV, January 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1997, 19:00 local time
- Place: Beckley, WV
- Airport: Raleigh County Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7873° N, 81.1242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH COUNTY MEML (BKW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7873&lon=-81.1242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6581U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6581U-2018-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,380 total, 115 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970104001459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Accident 20141110020559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141110020559A), Nov 10, 2014: Mooney M20C (N6581U), Lewisburg, WV, Substantial damage. During the climbout on runway 4 at approximately an altitude of 500-700 feet AGL, the aircraft leveled off for a short period of time and then turned hard left…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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