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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Prescott, AZ · June 3, 2004

Date
June 3, 2004 · 19:55 local
Place
Prescott, AZ
Airport
Ernest A Love Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9148D
Reported as
Mooney M20M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 in this make and model30 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) Had been on IFR flight when cleared into traffic area for landing runway 21L at prc by tower. Several other aircraft in traffic pattern. Pilot stated had altitude alert set for higher altitude then traffic pattern altitude (tpa), which sounded as transition through tpa. Pilot diverted attention looking for other aircraft as turning final, did not reset oral and blinking altitude alert after alerted. On final to runway, again distracted by other aircraft in pattern. Did not hear gear warning horn with altitude alert sounding. Landed gear up, straight on the centerline of runway 21L. After aircraft came to stop, secured aircraft and evacuated same.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) HAD BEEN ON IFR FLIGHT WHEN CLEARED INTO TRAFFIC AREA FOR LANDING RUNWAY 21L AT PRC BY TOWER. SEVERAL OTHER AIRCRAFT IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. PILOT STATED HAD ALTITUDE ALERT SET FOR HIGHER ALTITUDE THEN TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE (TPA), WHICH SOUNDED AS TRANSITION THROUGH TPA. PILOT DIVERTED ATTENTION LOOKING FOR OTHER AIRCRAFT AS TURNING FINAL, DID NOT RESET ORAL AND BLINKING ALTITUDE ALERT AFTER ALERTED. ON FINAL TO RUNWAY, AGAIN DISTRACTED BY OTHER AIRCRAFT IN PATTERN. DID NOT HEAR GEAR WARNING HORN WITH ALTITUDE ALERT SOUNDING. LANDED GEAR UP, STRAIGHT ON THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 21L. AFTER AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP, SECURED AIRCRAFT AND EVACUATED SAME.