# Incident 20090913017649I: Mooney M20J, Tekamah, NE, September 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tekamah, NE
- Airport: Tekamah Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7635° N, 96.1779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEKAMAH MUNI (TQE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7635&lon=-96.1779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N339PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N339PB-2013-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,460 total, 2,300 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/20090913017649I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2009, AT 1300 CDT, A MOONEY M20J, N339PB ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE TEKAMAH (TQE), NEBRASKA, AIRPORT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS COMING FROM MARTIN FIELD, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA, LANDING AT THE TEKAMAH AIRPORT TO FILL UP WITH FUEL, WITH THE INTENTION OF CONTINUING ON TO HIS HOME IN DAKOTA DUNES, SOUTH DAKOTA.  HE REPORTED THAT HE DEPARTED EARLIER IN THE DAY APPROXIMATELY 1000 CDT FROM HIS HOME STATION ENROUTE TO MARTIN FIELD TO FLY YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHTS.  HE SAID HE FLEW APPROXIMATELY 3.0 HOURS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.  HE STATED THERE WERE NO DISTRACTIONS PRIOR TO THE LANDING, PROPER RADIO CALLS WERE MADE AND THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN, THAT ALL HE HEARD WAS THE SCRAPING OF METAL.  HE QUICKLY SECURED THE ENGINE BY RETARDING THE MIXTURE CONTROL.  NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED IN THIS INCIDENT.  AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR AT THE TEKAMAH AIRPORT ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2009, AFTER NOTIFICATION OF A GEAR UP LANDING DURING A REUEST FOR FERRY PERMIT BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER'S MECHANIC.

## Other reports on N339PB (2)

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

- [Accident 20120721016149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120721016149A), Jul 21, 2012: Mooney M20J (N339PB), Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. On July 21, 2012, at approximately 1620 CDT, a Mooney M20J airplane, N339PB, was substantially damaged when, on landing at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, it bounced…
- [Incident 20091230053359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091230053359I), Dec 30, 2009: Mooney M20J (N339PB), Aberdeen, SD, Minor damage. On 12/30/2009 at 1250 CDT a Mooney M20J registered to [privacy data omitted] was involved in an incident due to an engine failure during a part 91 flight.…

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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