# Incident 20050416006059I: Mooney M20F, Mesa, AZ, April 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2005, 19:44 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6491Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050416006059I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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