# Incident 20050419009289I: Mooney M20C, Danville, VA, April 19, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2005, 11:45 local time
- Place: Danville, VA
- Airport: Danville Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5725° N, 79.3363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANVILLE RGNL (DAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5725&lon=-79.3363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3532N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3532N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,255 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050419009289I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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