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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Shelton, WA · July 9, 2006

Date
July 9, 2006 · 20:38 local
Place
Shelton, WA
Airport
Sanderson Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201GZ
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,600 total120 in this make and model83 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft landed gear up at Sanderson airfield in Shelton, WA. Pilot reported that he had changed his normal procedure for selecting gear down on his approach and had simply forgot to accomplish this task before landing. The aircraft sustained minimal damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AT SANDERSON AIRFIELD IN SHELTON, WA. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD CHANGED HIS NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR SELECTING GEAR DOWN ON HIS APPROACH AND HAD SIMPLY FORGOT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK BEFORE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE.