# Incident 20070203000969I: Mooney M20C, Palacios, TX, February 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2007, 14:30 local time
- Place: Palacios, TX
- Airport: Palacios Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7275° N, 96.2509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALACIOS MUNI (PSX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7275&lon=-96.2509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5826Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5826Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,540 total, 450 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070203000969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ON VFR FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN KSGR ATTEMPTED A TOUCH AND GO AT KPSX ON RUNWAY 08 WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. THE INCIDENT TOUCH AND GO WAS THE 7TH TOUCH AND GO AT KPSX. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE UNDERSIDE SCRAPING DAMAGE, AND THE PROPELLERS. THE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE NOT EXTENDED WHEN AIRCRAFT LANDED. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD A GREEN LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHT, HOWEVER WHEN THE LIGHT IS PUSH TESTED THE LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. INVESTIGATION ONGOING UNTIL THE AIRPLANE LANDING GEAR CAN BE FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED.

## Other reports on N5826Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19870907076999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870907076999I), Sep 7, 1987: Mooney M20C (N5826Q), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. Landed gear up after erratic pattern. Pilot arrested for fwi, drugs and a loaded weapon on board aircraft.

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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