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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Forrest City, AR · April 29, 2002

Date: April 29, 2002 · 15:30 local
Place: Forrest City, AR
Airport: Forrest City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2922L
Reported as: Mooney M20F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 418 total130 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N2922LRegistration cancelled Mar 25, 2020 · Mooney M20FS/N 670316 · Built 1967 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On April 29, 2002, at 15:30CDT, a Mooney-20-F, N2922L, sustained minor damage when it landed with the landing gear retracted at the Forrest City (fcy), Arkansas, airport. The airplane, owned and operated by higgens brothers, inc. and flown by a private pilot, departed the fcy airport on a part 91 flight for the purpose of practicing takeoffs and landings at the fcy airport. A flight plan was not filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area. The pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. The airplane sustained minor damage to the lower fuselage skin and propeller. The pilot admitted he forgot to extend the landing gear before this landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 29, 2002, AT 15:30CDT, A MOONEY-20-F, N2922L, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AT THE FORREST CITY (FCY), ARKANSAS, AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE, OWNED AND OPERATED BY HIGGENS BROTHERS, INC. AND FLOWN BY A PRIVATE PILOT, DEPARTED THE FCY AIRPORT ON A PART 91 FLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE FCY AIRPORT. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT ADMITTED HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE THIS LANDING.