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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Marietta, PA · June 25, 2003

Date
June 25, 2003 · 19:11 local
Place
Marietta, PA
Airport
Donegal Springs Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6846U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
557 total451 in this make and model55 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) During landing onto runway 28, at about 8 feet above runway, pilot realized that landing gear was not extended. Pilot elected to make a gear-up landing rather than attempt a go around.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING ONTO RUNWAY 28, AT ABOUT 8 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY, PILOT REALIZED THAT LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A GEAR-UP LANDING RATHER THAN ATTEMPT A GO AROUND.