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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Bangor, ME · September 29, 2016

Date: September 29, 2016 · 11:27 local
Place: Bangor, ME
Airport: Bangor International
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3RZ
Reported as: Mooney M20M
Reported engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 918 total12 in this make and model56 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was practicing landings. No check list utilized prior to landing. Pilot was cleared for closed right traffic; ATIS stated winds 050 degrees at 11 knots. Pilot had traffic 800 feet inbound before him and was asked by ATC to extend his downwind for that traffic. Pilot was cleared to land with traffic behind him on a 5 mile final. Pilot was concentrating on his cross wind alignment, touched down, forgetting to put his landing gear down. The aircraft touched down approximately 1400 feet down the runway and slid slightly right and came to rest approximately 3000 feet down the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS. NO CHECK LIST UTILIZED PRIOR TO LANDING. PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR CLOSED RIGHT TRAFFIC; ATIS STATED WINDS 050 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS. PILOT HAD TRAFFIC 800 FEET INBOUND BEFORE HIM AND WAS ASKED BY ATC TO EXTEND HIS DOWNWIND FOR THAT TRAFFIC. PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND HIM ON A 5 MILE FINAL. PILOT WAS CONCENTRATING ON HIS CROSS WIND ALIGNMENT, TOUCHED DOWN, FORGETTING TO PUT HIS LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1400 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND SLID SLIGHTLY RIGHT AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.