20040723014469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20L · Pikeville, KY · July 23, 2004

Date
July 23, 2004 · 18:35 local
Place
Pikeville, KY
Airport
Pike County-Hatcher Fld Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72MP
Reported as
Mooney M20L
Reported engine
Continental IO550N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total700 in this make and model50 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) On approach to the active runway at the Pikeville Hatcher county airport Mr. Wells made the touchdown on the active runway with the gear up. Mr. Wells admitted that he had inadvertently forgot to lower the gear causing the gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APPROACH TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AT THE PIKEVILLE HATCHER COUNTY AIRPORT MR. WELLS MADE THE TOUCHDOWN ON THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WITH THE GEAR UP. MR. WELLS ADMITTED THAT HE HAD INADVERTENTLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR CAUSING THE GEAR UP LANDING.