20040706013299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20B · El Reno, OK · July 6, 2004

Date
July 6, 2004 · 14:40 local
Place
El Reno, OK
Airport
El Reno Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N74731
Reported as
Mooney M20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
220 total35 in this make and model10 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) Pilot departed El Reno (F28) enroute to guthrie (gok). During climb out, pilot thought that the propeller RPM was not what it should be, so he decided to return to El Reno airport and have maintenance look at it. Pilot was distracted with the RPM gauge and forgot to lower the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED EL RENO (F28) ENROUTE TO GUTHRIE (GOK). DURING CLIMB OUT, PILOT THOUGHT THAT THE PROPELLER RPM WAS NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE, SO HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO EL RENO AIRPORT AND HAVE MAINTENANCE LOOK AT IT. PILOT WAS DISTRACTED WITH THE RPM GAUGE AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.