# Incident 20001119018499I: Mooney M20J, Chapel Hill, NC, November 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2000, 11:25 local time
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC
- Airport: Horace Williams Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9283° N, 79.0401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9283&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58119, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58119-2012-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001119018499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING AN IFR APPROACH TO IGX, THE PILOT FLYING LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND PREPARED FOR A LANDING. THE NON-FLYING PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA O^WAS LOOKING OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE RUNWAY, HE ADVISED THE FLYING PILOT TO EXECUTE A MISSED APPROACH. THE FLYING PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AND BEGAN EXECUTING A MISSED APPROACH. WITHIN SECONDS THE NON-FLYING PILOT SAW THE RUNWAY AND ADVISED THE FLYING PILOT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLYING PILOT PASSED THE CONTROLS TO THE SECOND PILOT WHO IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT^PRIVACY DATA^DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN RETRACTED, NOR DID THE FIRST PILOT ADVISE HIM THE LANDING GEAR WAS UP. THE PLANE WAS LANDED GEAR UP. NO GEAR WARNING DEVISE ACTIVATED AS DESIGNED.

## Other reports on N58119 (1)

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

- [Accident 20120913021159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120913021159A), Sep 13, 2012: Mooney M20J (N58119), Cuchara, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On 09/13/2012 at approximately 0905 hrs. MDT, N58119, a Mooney model M20J aircraft was destroyed after impacting terrain near teddy's peak, in the san isabel…

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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