20020728019569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Goldsboro, NC · July 28, 2002

Date: July 28, 2002 · 11:00 local
Place: Goldsboro, NC
Airport: Goldsboro-Wayne Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1996J
Reported as: Mooney M20J
Reported engine: Continental IO360*
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total200 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N1996JRegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-3374 · Built 1995 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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) According to his statement, the pilot (patrick dale) lowered landing gear lever at 130 knots after turning downwind for runway 23. While on final approach and before crossing runway threshold Mr. Dale completed a visual sweep of instruments and confirmed the landing gear down light was illuminated. The aircraft touched down with a slight bump followed by further settling. The pilot heard scraping sounds and saw the propeller bend and come to a stop. The pilot realized the landing gear was not extended. The aircraft slid to a stop on the runway. The pilot and passengers safely egressed the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO HIS STATEMENT, THE PILOT (PATRICK DALE) LOWERED LANDING GEAR LEVER AT 130 KNOTS AFTER TURNING DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 23. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH AND BEFORE CROSSING RUNWAY THRESHOLD MR. DALE COMPLETED A VISUAL SWEEP OF INSTRUMENTS AND CONFIRMED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH A SLIGHT BUMP FOLLOWED BY FURTHER SETTLING. THE PILOT HEARD SCRAPING SOUNDS AND SAW THE PROPELLER BEND AND COME TO A STOP. THE PILOT REALIZED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT.