# Incident 20160326002779I: Mooney M20J, Linden, NJ, March 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2016, 17:30 local time
- Place: Linden, NJ
- Airport: Linden
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6174° N, 74.2446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINDEN (LDJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6174&lon=-74.2446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2201, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2201) (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: 602 total, 120 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160326002779I

## Narrative

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

PIC AND SOLE OCCUPANT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED THAT HE FLEW A NORMAL PATTERN TO LANDING, AT THE LINDEN AIRPORT, WITH HIS CHECKLIST DISPLAYED ON HIS KNEEBOARD. HE STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED FROM COMPLETING HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING. HE DID NOT RECALL BEING DISTRACTED OR HEARING THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING. HE DOES BELIEVE THAT THIS SYSTEM WAS WORKING. HIS FAILURE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN DID RESULT IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ON THE RUNWAY IN A GEAR-UP CONFIGURATION. THIS RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO OTHER PROPERTY AND NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## Other reports on N2201 (1)

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

- [Accident 20041127034289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041127034289A), Nov 27, 2004: Mooney M20J (N2201), Statesville, NC, Destroyed. (-23) Student was performing a short field take off and did not rotate enough on departure. Flight instructor grabbed the controls to increase the aircraft…

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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