# Incident 20171227023849I: Mooney M20C, Zephyrhills, FL, December 27, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2017, 12:25 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2407° N, 82.1790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zephyrhills, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2407&lon=-82.1790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7878V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7878V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 587 total, 12 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171227023849I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 27, 2017, AT 1225 EST A MOONEY, MODEL M20C, N7878V THAT IS REGISTERED TO 7878 VICTOR INC., HAD A GEARUP LANDING.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE CONTACTING THE RUNWAY ON LANDING AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ZEPHYRHILLS AIRPORT ON DECEMBER 27, 2017. THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM THE ZEPYRHILLS AIRPORT, FLORIDA ON A CFR PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT.  ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING THE PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR BUT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT LOWERED.  AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE PILOT REALIZED HE DID NOT LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND SLIDE TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N7878V (2)

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

- [Incident 19940617032689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940617032689I), Jun 17, 1994: Mooney M20C (N7878V), Birmingham, AL. Lost directional control landing. Ran off runway.
- [Incident 19790425025009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790425025009I), Apr 25, 1979: Mooney M20C (N7878V), Clearwater, FL, Minor damage. Pilot ran out of fuel after diverting from destination to another nearby airport.

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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