20180128001649I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Plainview, TX · January 28, 2018

Date
January 28, 2018 · 17:15 local
Place
Plainview, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9531M
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
204 total135 in this make and model12 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.

January 28, 2018, a Sunday afternoon local traffic pattern currency flight. Pilot failed to lower the landing gear. Bent propeller, scraped belly panels, sheared off antennas, and ground down the flap hinges. No injury to the sole occupant and no fire.

As the FAA filed it

JANUARY 28, 2018, A SUNDAY AFTERNOON LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN CURRENCY FLIGHT. PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. BENT PROPELLER, SCRAPED BELLY PANELS, SHEARED OFF ANTENNAS, AND GROUND DOWN THE FLAP HINGES. NO INJURY TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND NO FIRE.