# Incident 20090725014539I: Mooney M20C, Punta Gorda, FL, July 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2009, 13:53 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Charlotte County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6448U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6448U-2023-07-09) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090725014539I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON JULY 25, 2009, AT 10:30 EDT, A MOONEY MC20C, N6448U, REGISTERED TO DON LIN AIRCRAFT INC. FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR, WHILE LANDING AT THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA.  FLIGHT WAS A PART 91 FLIGHT.  THE PILOT HAD BEEN PRACTICING 3 OR 4 TOUCH AND GOES AT THE AIRPORT THEN FLEW TO VENICE FOR LUNCH.  UPON RETURNING FROM VENICE, WAS ABOUT TO TURN DOWNWIND AT PGD FOR RUNWAY 33, WHEN OTHER TRAFFIC ASKED FOR HIS POSITION.  AFTER 3 RESPONSES THAT THEY DID NOT SEE HIM, HE TURNED OUT FOR 360 DEGREE GIVE WAY.  CAME BACK TO MIDFIELD DOWNWIND, TURNED BASE TO FINAL, FORGOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND NOT ONE WAS INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## Other reports on N6448U (2)

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

- [Accident 20210428007569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210428007569A), Apr 28, 2021: Mooney M20C (N6448U), Warwick, NY, Substantial damage. On April 28, 2021, at approximately 12:30 pm EDT Mooney model M20C, serial number 2195, N6448U departed Warwick Airport (N72), Warwick, NY. While on departure…
- [Incident 20080423837359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080423837359I), Apr 23, 2008: Mooney M20C (N6448U), Punta Gorda, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On April 23, 2008, at 16:40 EDT. Mooney M20C, N6448U, registered to don lin aircraft inc, had the all three gear collapse after landing at the Charlotte…

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