# Incident 20160516009949I: Mooney M-20G, Cottonwood, AZ, May 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2016, 09:30 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7301° N, 112.0351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COTTONWOOD (P52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7301&lon=-112.0351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9381V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9381V-2018-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M-20G (registry code 5870216, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-20g) (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 M-20G
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,009 total, 671 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160516009949I

## Narrative

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

PIC FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. HE HAD STARTED THE LANDING CHECKLIST BUT DID NOT FINISH IT. HE SAID HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A PARACHUTE OPERATION HAPPENING AT THE AIRFIELD.

## Other reports on N9381V (1)

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

- [Incident 20030818021969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030818021969I), Aug 18, 2003: Mooney M20G (N9381V), Port Townsend, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Airman was transporting granddaughter and her companions on first airplane flight (everett to Port Townsend). Vfr/day flight. Landed gear up at Port…

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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