# Incident 20071024827279I: Mooney M20J, Van Nuys, CA, October 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2007, 06:01 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5631X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071024827279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/24/2007 AIRCRAFT N5631X WAS FLYING FROM SANTA ANA (SNA), CA TO VAN NUYS (VNY), CA. AT APPROXIMATELY 0601 AM, THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N5631X PERFORMED A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 34L AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT (VNY). THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT INDICATED TO THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT ALSO STATED HE FAILED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN AND LOCK AND THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT SOUND (REF: VAN NUYS AIRPORT OPERATIONS REPORT PR#07V-AC-012). THE PILOT WAS LATER INTERVIEWED BY FAA INSPECTORS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE VAN NUYS-FSDO. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT HE ONLY HAD ABOUT TWO HOURS OF SLEEP PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT FROM SNA TO VNY AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE LANDING INCIDENT. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT DURING RETRIEVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY THAT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO "GEAR DOWN". AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, AIRCRAFT BELLY, ENTRY STEP AND SOME ANTENNAES.

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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