# Incident 20140311005989I: Mooney M20J, New Castle, PA, March 11, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2014, 11:45 local time
- Place: New Castle, PA
- Airport: New Castle Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0253° N, 80.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CASTLE MUNI (UCP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0253&lon=-80.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5288G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5288G) (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: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,635 total, 42 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140311005989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT ? HE WAS PRACTICING APPROACHES AT THE NEW CASTLE AIRPORT RUNWAY 23, HAD BEEN DISTRACTED BY OTHER INSTRUMENTS IN THE AIRPLANE, AND FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR?.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE AND BELLY SKIN. ENGINE DAMAGE OCCURRED DUE TO THE SUDDEN STOPPAGE AFTER PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY.

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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