# Incident 20080815855759I: Mooney M20C, Wauchula, FL, August 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2008, 09:40 local time
- Place: Wauchula, FL
- Airport: Wauchula Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5149° N, 81.8805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUCHULA MUNI (CHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5149&lon=-81.8805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74556, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74556) (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: 1,100 total, 50 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080815855759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 15, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 0940 EDT A MOONEY M20C, N74556 REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A LANDING AT WAUCHULA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CHN) IN WAUCHULA, FL.  AFTER LANDING AND ROLLING APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMGE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N74556 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820725046389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820725046389I), Jul 25, 1982: Mooney M20C (N74556), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. On long approach, pilot lowered, raised. Then forgot to lower gear. Landed gear up, mistook horn for stall warning.

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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