20080409837939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Franklin, CA · April 9, 2008

Date
April 9, 2008 · 19:50 local
Place
Franklin, CA
Airport
Franklin Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1144N
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Aircraft N1144N experienced a gear up landing at Franklin Field (F72) located in Franklin, CA. The damage sustained during landing was originally reported as minor, but after an examination by a local a/p mechanic the assigned NTSB representative upgraded the incident to an accident. Subsequent investigation by the FAA determined that an FAA certificated 145 repair facility conducted and extensive examination of the damage and determined it to be minor instead of substantial. This information was relayed onto the assigned NTSB representative who downgraded the accident to an incident and based on this new information this matter will be closed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT N1144N EXPERIENCED A GEAR UP LANDING AT FRANKLIN FIELD (F72) LOCATED IN FRANKLIN, CA. THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING LANDING WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS MINOR, BUT AFTER AN EXAMINATION BY A LOCAL A/P MECHANIC THE ASSIGNED NTSB REPRESENTATIVE UPGRADED THE INCIDENT TO AN ACCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY THE FAA DETERMINED THAT AN FAA CERTIFICATED 145 REPAIR FACILITY CONDUCTED AND EXTENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE DAMAGE AND DETERMINED IT TO BE MINOR INSTEAD OF SUBSTANTIAL. THIS INFORMATION WAS RELAYED ONTO THE ASSIGNED NTSB REPRESENTATIVE WHO DOWNGRADED THE ACCIDENT TO AN INCIDENT AND BASED ON THIS NEW INFORMATION THIS MATTER WILL BE CLOSED.