# Incident 19990417020609I: Mooney M20K, Hot Springs, VA, April 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1999, 09:15 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, VA
- Airport: Ingalls Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9515° N, 79.8339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INGALLS FLD (HSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9515&lon=-79.8339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N413ZM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N413ZM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,632 total, 600 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990417020609I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS EXPERIENCING HEAVY TURBULENCE AND SINK ON FIANL APPROACH THAT RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDING BELOW THE RUNWAY ELEVATION. CLIMB PERFORMANCE WAS REGAINED AFTER THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT REACHED THE RUNWAY AND LANDED, BUT FORGOT TO RELOWER THE GEAR. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR AFTER HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT'S TIAL STRIKE THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO LOWER IN TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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