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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Fitchburg, MA · September 6, 2005

Date: September 6, 2005 · 20:30 local
Place: Fitchburg, MA
Airport: Fitchburg Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7886V
Reported as: Mooney M20C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 429 total155 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N7886VRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 2848 · Built 1964 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On 9/6/05 at 2030 EDT a Mooney M20C, registration number N7886V made a gear up landing on runway 32 in Fitchburg, MA. Weather at the time was clear and the winds were calm. Damage to the aircraft consisted of bending of the propeller blades as well as scraping damage to the nose gear doors and the belly. The aircraft came to rest approximately two hundred feet beyond the intersection of runway 20. Possible prop strike marks were found approximately two hundred feet before the intersection of runway 20. The pilot stated the following: that there was nothing unusual and the landing was smooth, touching down 1500 feet after the numbers. They then rolled through the intersection of runway 20. Approximately five hundred feet after the intersection the gear collapsed at an estimated speed of 20 to 25 mph. The airplane slid approximately 10 feet.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 9/6/05 AT 2030 EDT A MOONEY M20C, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7886V MADE A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 IN FITCHBURG, MA. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS CLEAR AND THE WINDS WERE CALM. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF BENDING OF THE PROPELLER BLADES AS WELL AS SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND THE BELLY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED FEET BEYOND THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 20. POSSIBLE PROP STRIKE MARKS WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED FEET BEFORE THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 20. THE PILOT STATED THE FOLLOWING: THAT THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL AND THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH, TOUCHING DOWN 1500 FEET AFTER THE NUMBERS. THEY THEN ROLLED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 20. APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED FEET AFTER THE INTERSECTION THE GEAR COLLAPSED AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 20 TO 25 MPH. THE AIRPLANE SLID APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET.