20020526013079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Wahoo, NE · May 26, 2002

Date
May 26, 2002 · 20:30 local
Place
Wahoo, NE
Airport
Wahoo Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201WM
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total2,500 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot stated he was landing at aqh and landed with the gear in the up position. He stated that he is hard of hearing and believes he did not hear the gear warning horn sounding when he was approaching the airport. He also stated that he did not have any mechanical difficulties with the aircraft prior to this incident. The damage to the aircraft consists of the propeller, the forward lower cowl, the forward and center lower fuselage skins and the landing gear doors. The pilot and the passenger were not injured in this incident and the aircraft damage is minor in nature. After reviewing the aircraft logbooks, it appears the aircraft may have been operated out of annual inspection for the past two months.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS LANDING AT AQH AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. HE STATED THAT HE IS HARD OF HEARING AND BELIEVES HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDING WHEN HE WAS APPROACHING THE AIRPORT. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTS OF THE PROPELLER, THE FORWARD LOWER COWL, THE FORWARD AND CENTER LOWER FUSELAGE SKINS AND THE LANDING GEAR DOORS. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT AND THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE IS MINOR IN NATURE. AFTER REVIEWING THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS, IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE BEEN OPERATED OUT OF ANNUAL INSPECTION FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

Other reports on N201WM · 4

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