# Incident 20141023019489I: Mooney M20B, Paoli, IN, October 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2014, 18:00 local time
- Place: Paoli, IN
- Airport: Paoli Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5848° N, 86.4649° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAOLI MUNI (I42), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5848&lon=-86.4649&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74533, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74533) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 362 total, 278 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/20141023019489I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 23, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 18:00 EDT N74533, A MOONEY M20-B

RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING AN INADVERTENT GEAR UP LANDING WHILE PERFORMING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS AT PAOLI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (I42), PAOLI, IN. THE FLIGHT ALSO ORIGINATED AT I42.

THE PRIVATE PILOT RATED PIC WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED.

THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO LARRY A. EVANS AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED OR REQUIRED.

DURING THE FINAL APPROACH AND LANDING, THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BECOME FIXATED ON APPROACH AIRSPEED AND THOUGHT OR ASSUMED THAT HE HAD LOWERED THE GEAR ON THE BASE LEG GEAR, UNDERCARRIAGE, MIXTURE, PROPS (GUMP?S) CHECK. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT THE LANDING THRESHOLD NUMBERS AND ON CENTERLINE. AS THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO THE SHUTOFF POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND SLID TO A STOP. AT THIS POINT, THE PILOT FINISHED THE AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

THE I42 WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS WIND CALM, CLOUDS SCATTERED @ 3,900 FEET, TEMPERATURE 12 DEGREES CELSIUS, DEW POINT 5

DEGREES CELSIUS AND ALTIMETER SETTING 3009.

THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND BOTTOM STROBE LIGHT. ALL CONTROLS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY AND BOTH TANKS CONTAINED FUEL. A CHECK OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT BY AN AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC / IA REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR STILL OPERATED NORMALLY. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED.

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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