20170530004689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Eastsound, WA · May 30, 2017

Date
May 30, 2017 · 10:20 local
Place
Eastsound, WA
Airport
Eastsound
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6946U
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
916 total330 in this make and model47 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot arrived at destination on an IFR flight plan. Canceled IFR in VMC conditions and initiated a decent from 4000 feet MSL to enter the traffic pattern on a left base entry for landing on Eastsound runway 16. Due to an increased workload and unexpected conditions pilot failed to use the checklist prior to landing and did not extend the landing gear. Aircraft touched down and slid approximately 1100 feet coming to rest on the runway. No post crash fire or injuries were sustained by the occupants. Aircraft received minor damage to underside and prop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ARRIVED AT DESTINATION ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. CANCELED IFR IN VMC CONDITIONS AND INITIATED A DECENT FROM 4000 FEET MSL TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON A LEFT BASE ENTRY FOR LANDING ON EASTSOUND RUNWAY 16. DUE TO AN INCREASED WORKLOAD AND UNEXPECTED CONDITIONS PILOT FAILED TO USE THE CHECKLIST PRIOR TO LANDING AND DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 1100 FEET COMING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. NO POST CRASH FIRE OR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE OCCUPANTS. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE AND PROP.