# Incident 20040424006849I: Mooney M20J, Cincinnati, OH, April 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2004, 16:15 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunke
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1035° N, 84.5153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cincinnati, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1035&lon=-84.5153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040424006849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR-UP ON RW-3R AT KLUK AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY. PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING, DUE TO NOT USING THE LANDING CHECK LIST PROPERLY. PILOT ALSO STATED HE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHETHER THE GEAR HORN WAS ON OR NOT BEFORE LANDING. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT SCENE, THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION, DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF AIRFRAME WAS MINOR AND PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE BENT. (-23 AMENDMENT) PUT AIRCRAFT ON JACKS AND CONFIRMED GEAR WARNING HORN FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. LANDING CHECK LIST AND LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVIEWED WITH PILOT. THIS INCIDENT CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N31DL (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200326000169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200326000169I), Mar 26, 2020: Mooney M20J (N31DL), Denmark, TN, Minor damage. Aircraft engine lost power in cruise flight. Aircraft made forced landing in a field. No injuries. Minor aircraft damage.
- [Incident 19961125044059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961125044059I), Nov 25, 1996: Mooney M20J (N31DL), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft was taxiing eastward and pilot intended to turn onto a taxiway but turned early and taxied off pavement and down into a ditch. Propeller…

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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