# Incident 20020508008789I: Mooney M20K, Shelby, NC, May 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2002, 12:30 local time
- Place: Shelby, NC
- Airport: Shelby Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2904° N, 81.5456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelby, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2904&lon=-81.5456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5747V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5747V-2018-08-21) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 500 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/20020508008789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SCOTT NEISLER PILOTED MOONEY M20 N5747V FROM CLT TO EHO AND ON LANDING DID NOT LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE GEAR UP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BELLY PLATE, NOSE GEAR DOORS, PROPELLER AND ENGINE. MR. NEISLER STATED THAT CLT ATC KEPT HIM HIGH (3500') UNTIL ALMOST IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON LEFT DOWN WIND AT SHELBY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THIS DISTRACTED HIS ATTENTION AND HE DID NOT USE THE CHECK LIST AND "FORGOT" TO LOWER THE GEAR. HE WAS REMORSE AND APOLOGETIC FOR HIS ACTIONS, AND SAID THAT IN THE PAST HE WAS ALWAYS CAREFUL TO USE THE CHECK LIST WHILE FLYING. JBP SPOKE WITH TONY CONNER AT FIRST RIVER AVIATION, SHELBY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. TONY SAID THAT HE WAS AT THE SCENE AT 1230 AM MAY 8 AFTER MOONEY (M20) N5747V LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP; THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY SCOTT NEISLER.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N5747V (3)

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

- [Incident 20090423009199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090423009199I), Apr 23, 2009: Mooney M20K (N5747V), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to extend the landing gear on approach and landed aircraft with landing gear in the retracted position.
- [Incident 20010826021149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010826021149I), Aug 26, 2001: Mooney M20K (N5747V), Gastonia, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated he forgot to lower the gear prior to landing.
- [Incident 19961012036469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961012036469I), Oct 12, 1996: Mooney M20K (N5747V), Saluda, VA, Minor damage. Narrative: on October 12, 1996, at 15:03 local time, a Mooney M20, N5747V, landed at Hummel field, Saluda, Virginia. During the landing, the aircraft ran off…

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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