# Incident 20050927025409I: Mooney M20E, Palatka, FL, September 27, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2005, 14:45 local time
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Airport: Kay Larkin Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6501° N, 81.6719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palatka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6501&lon=-81.6719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3224F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3224F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050927025409I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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