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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Destin, FL · September 2, 2006

Date
September 2, 2006 · 07:15 local
Place
Destin, FL
Airport
Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6980V
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total300 in this make and model10 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) Pilot stated that he had to go around on his first approach due to being a little too low and fast. Because of this change to his routine he forgot to lower the landing gear on his next approach. Landed gear up with damage to propeller and bottom of aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD TO GO AROUND ON HIS FIRST APPROACH DUE TO BEING A LITTLE TOO LOW AND FAST. BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE TO HIS ROUTINE HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR ON HIS NEXT APPROACH. LANDED GEAR UP WITH DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND BOTTOM OF AIRCRAFT.