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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Moline, IL · April 18, 1997

Date
April 18, 1997 · 17:12 local
Place
Moline, IL
Airport
Quad-City
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6830N
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total60 in this make and model20 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: practicing short field procedures, during final approach selected for flaps, gear down green lite was illuminated. At touchdown on left main gear, pilot applied rt. Rudder and the gear handle popped out of the down detent and the gear retracted.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PRACTICING SHORT FIELD PROCEDURES, DURING FINAL APPROACH SELECTED FOR FLAPS, GEAR DOWN GREEN LITE WAS ILLUMINATED. AT TOUCHDOWN ON LEFT MAIN GEAR, PILOT APPLIED RT. RUDDER AND THE GEAR HANDLE POPPED OUT OF THE DOWN DETENT AND THE GEAR RETRACTED.