29.3014° N, 94.7978° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 7, 2003 · 12:30 local
Place
Galveston, TX
Airport
Scholes Field Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9267M
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
436 total155 in this make and model31 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) Aircraft departed gls at 1100CST for L42 oakdale la. On a VFR flight plan. Aircraft had a complete electrical failure near sabine pass TX. Aircraft returned to gls and landed gear up. The pilot stated that with the electrical failure he did not have any gear warning lights or warning horn.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GLS AT 1100CST FOR L42 OAKDALE LA. ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. AIRCRAFT HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE NEAR SABINE PASS TX. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GLS AND LANDED GEAR UP. THE PILOT STATED THAT WITH THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE HE DID NOT HAVE ANY GEAR WARNING LIGHTS OR WARNING HORN.