# Incident 20000930029289I: Mooney M20G, Rio Vista, CA, September 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2000, 16:55 local time
- Place: Rio Vista, CA
- Airport: Rio Vista Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1934° N, 121.7036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIO VISTA MUNI (O88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1934&lon=-121.7036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3694N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3694N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M-20G (registry code 5870216, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-20g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20G
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,178 total, 2,900 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000930029289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING INITIAL TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, HE STATED THAT HE WAS SIDE SLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT IN FOR A NORMAL LANDING AT RIO CISTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.DURING THIS MANEUVER HE SAID HE HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN AND PRECEDED TO LAND AS NORMAL. UNFORTUNATELY THIS TIME HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT STATED WHAT HE THOUGHT TO BE THE STALL WARNING HORN WAS IN FACT THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDING WHEN HE RETARDED THE POWER.  THE PILOT STATED HE JUST FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED TO REMOVE IT FROM THE RUNWAY THE LANDING GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR, PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR DOORS, BELLY SKIN AND BELLY MOUNTED ANTENNAS.

## Other reports on N3694N (3)

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

- [Incident 20240905012749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240905012749I), Sep 5, 2024: Mooney M-20G (N3694N), Petaluma, CA, Minor damage. Incident took place at Petaluma Airport 069, 09/05/2024. The time was 11:54 am PST. Aircraft landed on runway 11/29 with the gear up. Aircraft was removed from…
- [Incident 20160907015059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160907015059I), Sep 7, 2016: Mooney M-20G (N3694N), Truckee, CA, Minor damage. The pilot departed kccr on a direct flight to ktrk. On final approach to runway 20 at ktrk, the pilot followed the VASI and flared at the approach end of the…
- [Incident 20100311034579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100311034579I), Mar 11, 2010: Mooney M-20G (N3694N), Petaluma, CA, Substantial damage. Upon landing to the Petaluma Airport the pilot reported he was a little fast and bounced the aircraft during landing. He stated his reaction was to pull back…

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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