20020827025499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20S · Boston, MA · August 27, 2002

Date: August 27, 2002 · 08:41 local
Place: Boston, MA
Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N57DM
Reported as: Mooney M20S
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total1,500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N57DMRegistered now · Mooney M20SS/N 30-0014 · Built 1999 Airframe modelMooney M20S Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) N57DM, Mooney-20-S, IFR, landed Boston runway 33R gear up at 0841 EDT, 8/27/02. Three people onboard, no injuries, aircraft sustained minor damage to belly skins, antennas, propeller, and sudden stoppage to the engine. The pilot stated "I forgot to lower the landing gear on approach, I thought it was down." He also made a no flap landing on 33R (2557 feet). I asked him about the landing checklist and what it stated about when to lower the gear and flaps, he could not find it or remember which came first. The aircraft was on an "angel flight" with two passengers onboard. The passengers were brothers, one of them a cancer patient going to a Boston hospital for treatment. On may 6, 1999 Mr. Murray landed gear up at chatham airport, this is his second gear up landing. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N57DM, MOONEY-20-S, IFR, LANDED BOSTON RUNWAY 33R GEAR UP AT 0841 EDT, 8/27/02. THREE PEOPLE ONBOARD, NO INJURIES, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO BELLY SKINS, ANTENNAS, PROPELLER, AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE PILOT STATED "I FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR ON APPROACH, I THOUGHT IT WAS DOWN." HE ALSO MADE A NO FLAP LANDING ON 33R (2557 FEET). I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE LANDING CHECKLIST AND WHAT IT STATED ABOUT WHEN TO LOWER THE GEAR AND FLAPS, HE COULD NOT FIND IT OR REMEMBER WHICH CAME FIRST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN "ANGEL FLIGHT" WITH TWO PASSENGERS ONBOARD. THE PASSENGERS WERE BROTHERS, ONE OF THEM A CANCER PATIENT GOING TO A BOSTON HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. ON MAY 6, 1999 MR. MURRAY LANDED GEAR UP AT CHATHAM AIRPORT, THIS IS HIS SECOND GEAR UP LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^