- Date
- February 21, 1982, 15:08 local (23:08 UTC)
- Place
- Sacramento, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6597UMooney M-20C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820221016259A
- Case key
- 72449
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot obtained permission for and attempted an ILS approach. After demonstrating an inability to follow the ILS the pilot was cleared for a special VFR approach. The aircraft landed with the gear retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6597U
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2379
- Airframe hours
- 2,035
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James T. And Karen J. Green
- Registered owner
- James T. And Karen J. Green
- Departed
- Orland, CA
- Destination
- SAC · Columbia, CA
- Airport
- SMF · Sacramento Metropolitan, runway 16, 8,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 311 total · 208 in this make and model · 188 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6597U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.