# Incident 20080719845799I: Mooney M20R, Pleasanton, TX, July 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pleasanton, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9640° N, 98.4960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pleasanton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9640&lon=-98.4960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444HK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444HK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,290 total, 936 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080719845799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY A FAULTY AIRSPEED INDICATOR.  IT WAS READING HIGHER THEN NORMAL WHEN THE REACHED FOR THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND IT.  HE TOUCHED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE BUT DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND CONTINUED TO TRY TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN.  THE RESULTS WERE THAT HE LANDED GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY AT 34R.  THE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM DID NOT FUNCTION WARNING HIM HIS GEAR WAS STILL UP.

## Other reports on N444HK (2)

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

- [Incident 20240803012539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240803012539I), Aug 3, 2024: Mooney M20R (N444HK), Grants, NM, Minor damage. On August 3, 2024, at approximately 1305 MDT, a Mooney M20R, landed gear-up on rwy 13 at the Grants-milan muncipal airport, kgnt, and skidded down the runway…
- [Incident 20180810010649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180810010649I), Aug 10, 2018: Mooney M20R (N444HK), Shenandoah, VA, Minor damage. Aircraft taxied to do runup on the outside taxiway of a split taxiway. When complete and attempting to taxi onto the runway he did not see the painted yellow…

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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