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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Scappoose, OR · January 17, 2000

Date
January 17, 2000 · 14:30 local
Place
Scappoose, OR
Airport
Scappoose Industrial Airpark
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3421X
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
954 total545 in this make and model2 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 had been on local pleasure floght, entered pattern because distracted by other aircraft. While on final started to go around due to aircraft on runway. Aircraft on runway cleared. Pilot decided to go ahead and land. Forgot gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD BEEN ON LOCAL PLEASURE FLOGHT, ENTERED PATTERN BECAUSE DISTRACTED BY OTHER AIRCRAFT. WHILE ON FINAL STARTED TO GO AROUND DUE TO AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY CLEARED. PILOT DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND LAND. FORGOT GEAR.