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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Stockton, CA · June 14, 2003

Date: June 14, 2003 · 21:42 local
Place: Stockton, CA
Airport: Stockton Metropolitan
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5722Q
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Pilot’s flight hours: 569 total212 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N5722QRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 3063 · Built 1965 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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) Pilot was making the second of three planned full stop night landings and in failing to lower the landing gear, landed gear up on runway 29R. Pilot admits he failed to do a final landing check even though he had a checklist on the panel and in his lap. The gear up warning horn did not activate but the gear warning lights were operational. Pilot has been counseled on the importance of maintaining adherence to following/using the checklist and in doing so prevents human/pilot error from becoming the reason for an incident to occur.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING THE SECOND OF THREE PLANNED FULL STOP NIGHT LANDINGS AND IN FAILING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 29R. PILOT ADMITS HE FAILED TO DO A FINAL LANDING CHECK EVEN THOUGH HE HAD A CHECKLIST ON THE PANEL AND IN HIS LAP. THE GEAR UP WARNING HORN DID NOT ACTIVATE BUT THE GEAR WARNING LIGHTS WERE OPERATIONAL. PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING ADHERENCE TO FOLLOWING/USING THE CHECKLIST AND IN DOING SO PREVENTS HUMAN/PILOT ERROR FROM BECOMING THE REASON FOR AN INCIDENT TO OCCUR.