# Incident 20010923027489I: Mooney M20C, Newnan, GA, September 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3116° N, 84.7698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY (CCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3116&lon=-84.7698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5870Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5870Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 110 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010923027489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. LOUGHLIN WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT TRAINING FOR A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE FROM MR. WEAVER ON 09/23/2001. THEY HAD BEEN DOING SHORT AND SOFT FIELD TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT NEWNAN AIRPORT, WHEN ON DOWN WIND THEY REDUCED THE POWER AND THE ENGINE RPMS REMAINED UP AROUND 1700 AND SLOWLY DECREASED. THE AIRPLANE WAS IN THE CLEAN CONFIGURATION AND THEY WERE FAST AT THE TIME. SINCE THE RPMS DID NOT REDUCE LIKE NORMAL BOTH PILOTS FOCUSED ON THE ENGINE AND FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE ENGINE RAN NORMAL AT THE TIME OF THE INVESTIGATION AND MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N5870Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19860222013619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860222013619I), Feb 22, 1986: Mooney M20C (N5870Q), Monroeville, AL, Minor damage. Landed in a field after fuel was exhausted. Previous missed approach. Found fuel line was loose at carburetor.

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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