# Incident 20031217032949I: Mooney M20E, Newport, RI, December 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2003, 09:40 local time
- Place: Newport, RI
- Airport: Newport State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5324° N, 71.2815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT STATE (UUU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5324&lon=-71.2815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9308M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9308M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031217032949I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED A NORMAL FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16 AT NEWPORT STATE AIRPORT. HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO SELECT GEAR DOWN UNTIL HEARD THE SOUND OF THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT, FOLLOWED BY THE SCRAPING OF THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ALONG THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AND ABOUT 800 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 16.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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