# Incident 20080722842019I: Mooney M20M, Sacramento, CA, July 22, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2008, 21:35 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6954° N, 121.5908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO INTL (SMF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6954&lon=-121.5908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N724W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N724W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080722842019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A SHORT FILED LADING AT SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO AN AIRPORT WITH RAISED RUNWAY LIGHTS.  PILOT WAS LANDING AT NIGHT AND DID NOT REALIZED THAT THE APROACH LIGHT SYSTEM LIGHTS ARE AVOVE THE GROUND.  DURING HIS FLARE, HIS MAIN GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH A COUPLE OF LIGHTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND MAIN GEAR FAIRING.  PILOT WAS COUNSELED AND REFERED TO THE AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANUAL FOR TRAINING.

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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