20050927025409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Palatka, FL · September 27, 2005

Date
September 27, 2005 · 14:45 local
Place
Palatka, FL
Airport
Kay Larkin Airport
Phase of flight
Sfl Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3224F
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total2 in this make and model30 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) On 27 September 2005 at 1445 EDT, the pilot privacy data omitted and the pilot privacy data omitted were operating privacy data omitted Mooney M-20-E, N3224F at the Kay Larkin Airport, Palatka, FL. privacy data omitted Was conducting a flight review for privacy data omitted the aircraft owner. They were approaching the traffic pattern for runway 09 when they initiated a simulated engine failure and emergency approach to a landing. The crew became distracted during the approach and failed to extend the landing gear. The crew landed with the gear retracted. There were no injuries, and aircraft sustained minor damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. Both pilots stated they did not recall hearing gear warning horn at any time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2005 AT 1445 EDT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE OPERATING ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ MOONEY M-20-E, N3224F AT THE KAY LARKIN AIRPORT, PALATKA, FL. ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS CONDUCTING A FLIGHT REVIEW FOR ^PRIVACY DATA O^ THE AIRCRAFT OWNER. THEY WERE APPROACHING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 09 WHEN THEY INITIATED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE AND EMERGENCY APPROACH TO A LANDING. THE CREW BECAME DISTRACTED DURING THE APPROACH AND FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE CREW LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY DID NOT RECALL HEARING GEAR WARNING HORN AT ANY TIME.