# Incident 20060506010259I: Mooney M20J, Thomson, GA, May 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2006, 13:21 local time
- Place: Thomson, GA
- Airport: Thomson-Mcduffie County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5297° N, 82.5170° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THOMSON/MCDUFFIE COUNTY (HQU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5297&lon=-82.5170&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9354T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9354T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 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/20060506010259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OUR OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM COMM CENTER IN ATLANTA AT 1721Z, ON MAY 6, 2006 REGARDING N9354T, MOONEY-20. THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT INVOLVING PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS AT THOMASON, GA (HQA). THE DATE AND TIME OUR OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED WAS 05/06/2006 AT 1736Z BY COMM CENTER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS APPROACHING TO LAND AT RWY 28 UNDER VFR CONDITIONS AT MCDUFFIE REGIONAL AIRPORT (HQU). AIRPLANE LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. OUR OFFICE TALKED TO THE PILOT AND HE STATED THAT HE HAD SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND SAW THE INDICATIONS TO BE DOWN BUT ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT CHECK THE MECHANICAL LOCK TO VERIFY THAT LANDING GEAR WAS LOCKED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N9354T (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090529047289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090529047289I), May 29, 2009: Mooney M20J (N9354T), Barnwell, SC, Minor damage. Pilot departed home community airport twin lakes for bnl to get fuel and landed gear up runway 17. Pilot stated he forgot to put the gear down. No injuries and…
- [Incident 19810519035019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810519035019I), May 19, 1981: Mooney M20J (N9354T), Markesan, WI, Minor damage. Stalled during takeoff due to early liftoff. Crashed just off end of runway.

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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