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FAA accident report · Mooney M20K · Minneapolis, MN · November 19, 1997

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Date
November 19, 1997 · 20:00 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N252A
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,469 total1,350 in this make and model47 in the last 90 days
N252ARegistered now · Mooney M20KS/N 25-1011Airframe modelMooney M20KEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: IFR check ride planned. Pilot has trouble with night vision. After breaking through the clouds, could not see runway lights, leveled out and decided to attempt landing. Hit seven runway lights on landing. privacy data omitted (-23) IFR check ride planned. Pilot has trouble with night vision. After breaking through the clouds, could not see runway lights, leveled out and decided to attempt landing. Hit seven runway lights on landing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: IFR CHECK RIDE PLANNED. PILOT HAS TROUBLE WITH NIGHT VISION. AFTER BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS, COULD NOT SEE RUNWAY LIGHTS, LEVELED OUT AND DECIDED TO ATTEMPT LANDING. HIT SEVEN RUNWAY LIGHTS ON LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (-23) IFR CHECK RIDE PLANNED. PILOT HAS TROUBLE WITH NIGHT VISION. AFTER BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS, COULD NOT SEE RUNWAY LIGHTS, LEVELED OUT AND DECIDED TO ATTEMPT LANDING. HIT SEVEN RUNWAY LIGHTS ON LANDING.