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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Danville, VA · April 19, 2005

Date: April 19, 2005 · 11:45 local
Place: Danville, VA
Airport: Danville Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3532N
Reported as: Mooney M20C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,255 total2,100 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N3532NRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 680063 · Built 1968 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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) Airman states that he was returning to land after a local flight. He was slightly low on the downwind leg for landing on runway 02 and did not extend the landing gear at that time, as was his normal procedure. He then turned base leg and final, noting that he had a slightly steeper approach path than normal at that time. Upon flare over the runway, he noted that the aircraft did not decelerate as usual, however, before he could respond, the aircraft landed with the landing gear retracted. There were no injuries to the pilot, who was the only person on board at the time. The aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRMAN STATES THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO LAND AFTER A LOCAL FLIGHT. HE WAS SLIGHTLY LOW ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 02 AND DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AT THAT TIME, AS WAS HIS NORMAL PROCEDURE. HE THEN TURNED BASE LEG AND FINAL, NOTING THAT HE HAD A SLIGHTLY STEEPER APPROACH PATH THAN NORMAL AT THAT TIME. UPON FLARE OVER THE RUNWAY, HE NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT DECELERATE AS USUAL, HOWEVER, BEFORE HE COULD RESPOND, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.