# Incident 20001002029179I: Mooney M20K, Bedford, MA, October 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231NA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231NA) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 180 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001002029179I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT INBOUND FROM LANDING ON RNWY 11 BECAME DISTRACTED AND FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN CAUSING A GEAR UP LANDING, PROP STRIKE, MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N231NA (2)

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

- [Incident 19870910050899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870910050899I), Sep 10, 1987: Mooney M20K (N231NA), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. Student did not relinquish control as aircraft porpoised on landing. The nose wheel finally collapsed.
- [Incident 19870607037099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870607037099I), Jun 7, 1987: Mooney M20K (N231NA), Milwaukee, WI. Engine lost power on takeoff. Landed safely on airport. Propeller governor linkage had come off the governor.

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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