20030721016189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20S · Midland, TX · July 21, 2003

Date
July 21, 2003 · 14:55 local
Place
Midland, TX
Airport
Midland Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
DAXS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2186J
Reported as
Mooney M20S
Reported engine
Continental IO550G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
183 total181 in this make and model75 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) A rated pilot was continuing flight training in an FAR 141 school. He was flying solo, working on a commercial airplane course. On his second landing, he inadvertently failed to extend the landing gear and landed gear up on runway 16 at Midland airpark. He was distracted with a concern about the 2340 RPM the engine was running at during the take-off.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A RATED PILOT WAS CONTINUING FLIGHT TRAINING IN AN FAR 141 SCHOOL. HE WAS FLYING SOLO, WORKING ON A COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE COURSE. ON HIS SECOND LANDING, HE INADVERTENTLY FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 16 AT MIDLAND AIRPARK. HE WAS DISTRACTED WITH A CONCERN ABOUT THE 2340 RPM THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT DURING THE TAKE-OFF.