# Incident 19991025030169I: Mooney M20J, Easton, MD, October 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1999, 20:30 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Airport: Easton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7763° N, 76.0705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-76.0705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201YN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201YN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,560 total, 400 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991025030169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A FLIGHT REVIEW TO A PRIVATE PILOT. THEY CONDUCTED A VISUAL (NO VIEW LIMITING DEVICE) GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT EASTON AIRPORT.  ON THE PROCEDURE TURN, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OBSERVED THE PRIVATE EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 22, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CHECKED TO SEE THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND THEN TOLD THE PRIVATE PILOT THAT HE (THE PRIVATE PILOT) COULD DO A FULL STOP LANDING OR A TOUCH AND GO LANDING.  THE PRIVATE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHAT THE INTENTIONS OF THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE AND THAT HE EXECUTED A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE LIFTING THE NOSE, AND RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE REDUCED THE THROTTLE AND STATED TO THE PRIVATE PILOT, "SIMULATED LOSS OF POWER."  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE FAILED TO CHECK THE GEAR.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 22 WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N201YN (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890511028569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890511028569I), May 11, 1989: Mooney M20J (N201YN), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Gear was down and showed locked. Gear collapsed on rollout. No mechanical malfunction found.

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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