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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Palacios, TX · October 31, 2010

Date: October 31, 2010 · 14:45 local
Place: Palacios, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9268M
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total500 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N9268MRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 670037 · Built 1966 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On 10/31/2010 the pilot of N9268M, a 1966 Mooney M20F, flown from T31(mckinney, TX) to psx (Palacios municiple airport Palacios, TX), at 1445, landed gear up on runway 13 at psx. Weather reported at the time; METAR 1453 kpsx 311253Z auto 00000KT 10SM clr 16/14 A3000. Weather was not a factor. Pilot stated that the gear warning horn was not heard and the first indication that the gear was up was the scarping of the airplane on the runway. Aircraft sustained minimal damage to skin along bottom of fuselage and damage to tips of propeller blades.

As the FAA filed it

ON 10/31/2010 THE PILOT OF N9268M, A 1966 MOONEY M20F, FLOWN FROM T31(MCKINNEY, TX) TO PSX (PALACIOS MUNICIPLE AIRPORT PALACIOS, TX), AT 1445, LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 13 AT PSX. WEATHER REPORTED AT THE TIME; METAR 1453 KPSX 311253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/14 A3000. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. PILOT STATED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS NOT HEARD AND THE FIRST INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS UP WAS THE SCARPING OF THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO SKIN ALONG BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE AND DAMAGE TO TIPS OF PROPELLER BLADES.