# Incident 20081011857319I: Mooney M20C, Wauchula, FL, October 11, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2008, 13:00 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: N6755V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6755V-2022-12-03) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081011857319I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON OCTOBER 11, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 EDT, A MOONEY M20C, N6755V REGISTERED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED GEAR UP AT WAUCHULA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE PILOT ADMITTED HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  RECOMMEND A 44709 OF THE PILOT FOR MISMANAGEMENT OF LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N6755V (2)

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

- [Incident 20180711022479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180711022479I), Jul 11, 2018: Mooney M20C (N6755V), Sparta, TN, Minor damage. The pilot [privacy data omitted] of N6755V, a Mooney 20C, caused the propeller to strike the runway by not extending the landing gear in a timely manner, his…
- [Incident 20070113000719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070113000719I), Jan 13, 2007: Mooney M20C (N6755V), Zephyrhills, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot came to land at kzph and to fit into the traffic flow he executed a wave-off and placed the gear up. As he re-entered the traffic pattern, the…

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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