# Incident 20150921018079I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Mather, CA, September 21, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2015, 11:00 local time
- Place: Mather, CA
- Airport: Mather Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5484° N, 121.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mather, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5484&lon=-121.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47RJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47RJ) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150921018079I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO 22R AT MATHER AIRFIELD, HAD GEAR DOWN SAFE LIGHT ON AND ALSO VISUALLY SAW GEAR DOWN INDICATION THROUGH INSPECTION WINDOW. WHEN MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, PILOT FELT THE LEFT WING DROP AND  USED THE RUDDER TO KEEP AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT. MANIPULATED AIRCRAFT CONTROLS TO KEEP NOSE UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DOWN. AIRCRAFT THEN SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 100  FEET ON AIRCRAFT BELLY AND CAME TO REST.

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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