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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Alamogordo, NM · June 1, 1996

Date: June 1, 1996 · 11:05 local
Place: Alamogordo, NM
Airport: Alamogordo-White Sands Regiona
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3665N
Reported as: Mooney M20G
Reported engine: Lycoming IVO360A1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,296 total6 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N3665NRegistered now · Mooney M-20GS/N 680029 · Built 1967 Airframe modelMooney M-20G Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on June 1, 1996, at approximately 1105 MDT, a Mooney MO-20G, N3665N, landed gear up on runway 21 at the Alamogordo - White Sands regional airport in Alamogordo, NM. The purpose of the flight was a familiarization flight of a private pilot in single engine aircraft (ATP in multiengine aircraft) who had no experience in Mooney aircraft. The instructor pilot stated he was distracted by traffic in the pattern and failed to notice the landing gear handle was placed in the down position while accomplishing the before landing check list. The landing gear handle for this aircraft is placed in the up position to extend the landing gear, and it is in the down position for retracting the landing gear. Having followed the landing check list the landing gear warning horn was mistakenly identified as the stall warning horn for which no corrective action was employed during touchdown. The aircraft sustained minor damage. Neither occupant was injured. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 1, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1105 MDT, A MOONEY MO-20G, N3665N, LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 21 AT THE ALAMOGORDO - WHITE SANDS REGIONAL AIRPORT IN ALAMOGORDO, NM. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT OF A PRIVATE PILOT IN SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT (ATP IN MULTIENGINE AIRCRAFT) WHO HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN MOONEY AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN AND FAILED TO NOTICE THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION WHILE ACCOMPLISHING THE BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE FOR THIS AIRCRAFT IS PLACED IN THE UP POSITION TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, AND IT IS IN THE DOWN POSITION FOR RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR. HAVING FOLLOWED THE LANDING CHECK LIST THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED AS THE STALL WARNING HORN FOR WHICH NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS EMPLOYED DURING TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NEITHER OCCUPANT WAS INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^