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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Henderson, TX · May 29, 2010

Date
May 29, 2010 · 13:40 local
Place
Henderson, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9326M
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,580 total1,100 in this make and model17 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.

While performing downwind before landing checks, pilot put gear down and confirmed 3 green. When the pilot decided to add more flaps, he thinks he must have accidently pulled up on the gear handle versus the flap handle. Aircraft landed gear up with very minor damage. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PERFORMING DOWNWIND BEFORE LANDING CHECKS, PILOT PUT GEAR DOWN AND CONFIRMED 3 GREEN. WHEN THE PILOT DECIDED TO ADD MORE FLAPS, HE THINKS HE MUST HAVE ACCIDENTLY PULLED UP ON THE GEAR HANDLE VERSUS THE FLAP HANDLE. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP WITH VERY MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.