# Incident 20020712020399I: Mooney M20C, Crystal River, FL, July 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2002, 18:15 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Crystal River Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8672° N, 82.5710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Crystal River Airport (CGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8672&lon=-82.5710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9226V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9226V-2018-06-08) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 62 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020712020399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF N9226V, A MOONEY, M-20-C MODEL, DEPARTED DUNNELLON COUNTY AIRPORT (X35) DUNNELLON, FL UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ENROUTE TO CRYSTAL RIVER, FL. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD THIS FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED HE BECAME DISTRACTED, FAILED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN, AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION.

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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