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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Portland, OR · August 16, 1998

Date
August 16, 1998 · 22:41 local
Place
Portland, OR
Airport
Portland International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6815V
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total200 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.

Pilot approached runway 28, arriving over the threshold, made a left 270 degree turn to line up, and failed to note he had no green landing gear light on final. As a result, he landed gear up. Mr cardinal became distracted by a B737 that was behind him on approach and failed to notice that the gear was still up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT APPROACHED RUNWAY 28, ARRIVING OVER THE THRESHOLD, MADE A LEFT 270 DEGREE TURN TO LINE UP, AND FAILED TO NOTE HE HAD NO GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHT ON FINAL. AS A RESULT, HE LANDED GEAR UP. MR CARDINAL BECAME DISTRACTED BY A B737 THAT WAS BEHIND HIM ON APPROACH AND FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THE GEAR WAS STILL UP.