# Incident 20060304005589I: Mooney M20C, Plant City, FL, March 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2006
- Place: Plant City, FL
- Airport: Plant City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0002° N, 82.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLANT CITY (PCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0002&lon=-82.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3559H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3559H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 346 total, 98 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060304005589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 4, 2006, AT 2130 LOCAL TIME, A MOONEY 20C, N3559H, REGISTERED TO MERCY WINGS, INC. DAMAGED THE PROPELLER, AND LEFT FLAP WHEN FAILING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT VANDENBERG AIRPORT (X16) AT 2120 LOCAL 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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