20050423008439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mnmite M-18LA · Paris, TN · April 23, 2005

Date
April 23, 2005 · 18:30 local
Place
Paris, TN
Airport
Henry County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4102
Reported as
Mnmite M18LA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total2 in this make and model74 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) Aircraft N4102, a Mooney M-18LA landed with the landing gear up. The pilot stated that the landing gear lever was activated and appeared to be down and locked. On touchdown the aircraft's landing gear retracted and settled to the runway resulting in minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT N4102, A MOONEY M-18LA LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR LEVER WAS ACTIVATED AND APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.