20100220027819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Punta Gorda, FL · February 20, 2010

Date
February 20, 2010 · 18:45 local
Place
Punta Gorda, FL
Airport
Punta Gorda
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9155F
Reported as
Mooney M20M
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,030 total600 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot placed his gear down for landing on the base leg of his flight. He was following a Cessna 172 when he decided to do a 360 degree turn for spacing. As he initated the turn he put the gear up and when he finished the turn he never put the gear down, and landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT PLACED HIS GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING ON THE BASE LEG OF HIS FLIGHT. HE WAS FOLLOWING A CESSNA 172 WHEN HE DECIDED TO DO A 360 DEGREE TURN FOR SPACING. AS HE INITATED THE TURN HE PUT THE GEAR UP AND WHEN HE FINISHED THE TURN HE NEVER PUT THE GEAR DOWN, AND LANDED GEAR UP.