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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Georgetown, TX · July 6, 2006

Date: July 6, 2006 · 19:45 local
Place: Georgetown, TX
Airport: Georgetown Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N79326
Reported as: Mooney M20E
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total

N79326Registered now · Mooney M20ES/N 536 · Built 1964 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Part 91 pleasure with planned landing at the gtu airport. Pilot statement indicates the pilot failed to extend the landing gear. Field inspection of the aircraft revealed little damage. The firewall was not distorted. The propeller tips were bent. An engine tear down is likely for a front bearing. Minimal fuselage damage due to fiberglass skid pad on the underside which protected the fuselage skin.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PART 91 PLEASURE WITH PLANNED LANDING AT THE GTU AIRPORT. PILOT STATEMENT INDICATES THE PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. FIELD INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED LITTLE DAMAGE. THE FIREWALL WAS NOT DISTORTED. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT. AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN IS LIKELY FOR A FRONT BEARING. MINIMAL FUSELAGE DAMAGE DUE TO FIBERGLASS SKID PAD ON THE UNDERSIDE WHICH PROTECTED THE FUSELAGE SKIN.

Other reports on N79326 · 1

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

Incident 19930830032039ILevel Off Touchdown · Nacogdoches, TXPilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.Aug 30, 1993 · Minor damage