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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · State College, PA · August 25, 2005

Date
August 25, 2005 · 11:00 local
Place
State College, PA
Airport
University Park
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1018M
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A3B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,501 total1,250 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.

(-23) Aircraft landed gear up. Pilot stated he forgot to put the gear down. The aircraft sustained minimal damage in the gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE IN THE GEAR UP LANDING.