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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Lansing, MI · October 26, 2000

Date
October 26, 2000 · 17:00 local
Place
Lansing, MI
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201DH
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total1,500 in this make and model1 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.

(-23) Pilot was preoccupied with locating the airport in hazy conditions, sun in eyes, did landing checklist on long final, held on landing gear until closer to runway, forgot to extend gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH LOCATING THE AIRPORT IN HAZY CONDITIONS, SUN IN EYES, DID LANDING CHECKLIST ON LONG FINAL, HELD ON LANDING GEAR UNTIL CLOSER TO RUNWAY, FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR.