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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Blairstown, NJ · March 24, 2004

Date: March 24, 2004 · 16:00 local
Place: Blairstown, NJ
Airport: Blairstown Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N11RY
Reported as: Mooney M20C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total100 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N11RYRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 3173 · Built 1965 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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) Before bringing the aircraft to the pocono stroudsburg airport (N53) for an annual inspection, the pilot decided to conduct several takeoff and landing operations at 1N7. On his third approach to landing on runway 25, the pilot was watching a glider landing parallel to him, off to his left on the grass runway. The pilot of the Mooney became preoccupied and failed to extend his landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) BEFORE BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE POCONO STROUDSBURG AIRPORT (N53) FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE PILOT DECIDED TO CONDUCT SEVERAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING OPERATIONS AT 1N7. ON HIS THIRD APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 25, THE PILOT WAS WATCHING A GLIDER LANDING PARALLEL TO HIM, OFF TO HIS LEFT ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE PILOT OF THE MOONEY BECAME PREOCCUPIED AND FAILED TO EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR.