# Incident 20060708015349I: Mooney M20J, Indianapolis, IN, July 8, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2006, 17:45 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Metropolitan Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4262H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4262H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060708015349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 8, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45PM EST, MOONEY N4262H, REGISTERED TO DJS AERONAUTICS LLC LANDED AT THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (UMP) WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 15, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TO THE LANDING GEAR DOORS, THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AFT FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY AND AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AT THE TIME OF INITIAL REPORT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

## Other reports on N4262H (1)

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

- [Incident 20090724048519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090724048519I), Jul 24, 2009: Mooney M20J (N4262H), Lake Elmo, MN, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing and propoised on nose gear at Lake Elmo Airport, MN. All 3 prop blades struck the runway. Pilot then took again and landed at new…

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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