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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Mesa, AZ · April 16, 2005

Date: April 16, 2005 · 19:44 local
Place: Mesa, AZ
Airport: Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6491Q
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,100 total200 in this make and model16 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) The pilot, privacy data omitted stated that he had made 4 go arounds because he had problems landing the aircraft. He stated he thought when he touched down, that there was something wrong with the gear causing the aircraft to "bound" or porpoising. On his fifth attempt to land the aircraft, he was given an extended downwind by ATC. He stated he was concentrating so hard on getting the aircraft set up for landing that he forgot to put the landing gear down.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED THAT HE HAD MADE 4 GO AROUNDS BECAUSE HE HAD PROBLEMS LANDING THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED HE THOUGHT WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN, THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE GEAR CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO "BOUND" OR PORPOISING. ON HIS FIFTH ATTEMPT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT, HE WAS GIVEN AN EXTENDED DOWNWIND BY ATC. HE STATED HE WAS CONCENTRATING SO HARD ON GETTING THE AIRCRAFT SET UP FOR LANDING THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.