# Incident 20140612009069I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Spartanburg, SC, June 12, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2014, 17:20 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtown Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9157° N, 81.9565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport (SPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9157&lon=-81.9565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N261R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N261R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140612009069I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 12, 2014 ABOUT 1720 LOCAL TIME N261R A MOONEY MODEL M-20K ON A FAR PART 91 FLIGHT WITH AN ATP RATED PILOT FLYING, LANDED AT SPARTANBURG (SPA) WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP.

PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.

THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N261R (1)

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

- [Incident 20141127023369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141127023369I), Nov 27, 2014: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N261R), Spartanburg, SC, Minor damage. Pilot in command reported the after landing rollout the left landing gear started to collapse. The aircraft started to veer to the left and the left outboard…

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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