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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney Airp M20TN · Yakima, WA · November 2, 2010

Date
November 2, 2010 · 11:38 local
Place
Yakima, WA
Airport
Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N633GL
Reported as
Mooney Airp M20TN
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total65 in this make and model30 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.

Student pilot was conducting solo flight operations at Yakima, WA. (Ykm) when he failed to extend the landing gear during his approach and landing. The aircraft landed on its belly and skidded down the runway, with the propeller striking the runway surface. Student stated he had forgot to extend the landing gear and did not hear the gear warning horn until just prior to touchdown. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the pilot was uninjuried.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING SOLO FLIGHT OPERATIONS AT YAKIMA, WA. (YKM) WHEN HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR DURING HIS APPROACH AND LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY AND SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY, WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. STUDENT STATED HE HAD FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURIED.

Other reports on N633GL · 1

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