# Incident 20040907023759I: Mooney M20J, Sand Springs, OK, September 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: Sand Springs, OK
- Airport: William R Pogue Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1753° N, 96.1518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM R POGUE MUNI (OWP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1753&lon=-96.1518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4667H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4667H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040907023759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED (4FT) WESTPORT, OK, ENROUTE TO PICK UP HIS WIFE AT SAND SPRINGS, OK (0F8). ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND, PILOT BEGAN HIS FLARE AT WHICH TIME HE HEARD WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS HIS GEAR HORN FOR NOT HAVING THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. HE REACHED OVER AND INADVERTENTLY POSITIONED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE RETRACT POSITION. HE LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, STRIKING THE PROP AND BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED IN PHONE INTERVIEW THAT HE MISTOOK THE STALL WARNING HORN FOR THE GEAR HORN.

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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