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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Brenham, TX · July 3, 2008

Date
July 3, 2008 · 20:00 local
Place
Brenham, TX
Airport
Brenham Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6485Q
Reported as
Mooney M20F
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
480 total425 in this make and model4 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) The PIC of the Mooney was distracted talking to a passenger on landing. He was describing to the passenger what he was doing and how to land an aircraft. The pilot forgot to put the gear down due to the distraction. The aircraft made a gear up landing which resulted in minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PIC OF THE MOONEY WAS DISTRACTED TALKING TO A PASSENGER ON LANDING. HE WAS DESCRIBING TO THE PASSENGER WHAT HE WAS DOING AND HOW TO LAND AN AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN DUE TO THE DISTRACTION. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.