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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Urbana, OH · January 31, 1998

Date: January 31, 1998 · 16:30 local
Place: Urbana, OH
Airport: Grimes Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9688M
Reported as: Mooney M20C
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0

N9688MRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2023 · Mooney M20CS/N 670024 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: departed new carlisle, Ohio, private field, destination Urbana, Ohio (I74) landing runway 5. Pilot stated during telephone interview of failing to lower landing gear, and ignored the sounding unsafe audible warning. Airport manager, melvin parshall confirmed statement being the same as he received post occurrence. Aircraft landed with landing gear retracted. Visual damage of the aircraft, but not limited to propeller, lower fuselage skins and inboard flap tracks left and right. Pilot admission of forgetting to lower landing gear, privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DEPARTED NEW CARLISLE, OHIO, PRIVATE FIELD, DESTINATION URBANA, OHIO (I74) LANDING RUNWAY 5. PILOT STATED DURING TELEPHONE INTERVIEW OF FAILING TO LOWER LANDING GEAR, AND IGNORED THE SOUNDING UNSAFE AUDIBLE WARNING. AIRPORT MANAGER, MELVIN PARSHALL CONFIRMED STATEMENT BEING THE SAME AS HE RECEIVED POST OCCURRENCE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. VISUAL DAMAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROPELLER, LOWER FUSELAGE SKINS AND INBOARD FLAP TRACKS LEFT AND RIGHT. PILOT ADMISSION OF FORGETTING TO LOWER LANDING GEAR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^