# Incident 20140427006429I: Mooney M20E, El Monte, CA, April 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2014, 22:30 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1233X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1233X-2015-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 175 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140427006429I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 28, 2014, A MOONEY M20-E REGISTRATION NUMBER N1233X, LANDED GEAR-UP AT SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AIRPORT (EMT) ON RUNWAY 19 AT 2230 PDT.  NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

A/W INSPECTOR JAMES GROAT FROM THE LAX FSDO INVESTIGATED ON SCENE. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, PROP, ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND GEAR EXTENEDED NORMALLY. PILOT'S STATEMENT TO ON SCENE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS  INDICATED HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR ON APPROACH. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO TRANSIENT PARKING AWAITING INSURANCE EVALUATION AND REPAIRS.

LAX FSDO OPS INSPECTOR RAJIV MEHTA CONTACTED THE PILOT AND ISSUED PBR. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPLIED ON 5/22/14 WITH A STATEMENT. PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR ON APPROACH AND LANDED GEAR UP AT EMT. AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE AN AURAL GEAR WARNING SYSTEM. OPS INSPECTOR WILL FOLLOW UP WITH A 44709 OF THE PILOT.

CONTIRBUTING FACTORS IN THE INCIDENT WERE POSSIBLE PILOT FATIGUE, INABILTY OF TOWER TO VISUALLY SEE GEAR DUE TO DARKNESS AT THE TIME OF ARRIVAL (2230 PST), AND THE LACK OF AN AURAL GEAR WARNING SYSTEM ON THE AIRCRAFT MAKE AND MODEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH GEAR WARNING LIGHTS THAT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND COMPLIED WITH GEAR WARNING REQUIREMENTS OF CAR-3, HOWEVER THE PILOT FAILED TO SEE THE UNAFE GEAR WARNING PRIOR TO LANDING.

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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