# Incident 20180604015339I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Watsonville, CA, June 4, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2018, 10:30 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9236° N, 121.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watsonville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9236&lon=-121.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57146, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57146) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180604015339I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 4, 2018, N57146 A MOONEY M20K MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KWVI). THIS RESULTED IN A PROP STRIKE AND UNDERBELLY FUSELAGE DAMAGE.

ON JUNE 14, 2018 THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE INTIALLY DID A GO AROUND SINCE HE COULD NOT REDUCE HIS SPEED FOR LANDING AND DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE GEAR WAS STILL RETRACTED. ON HIS SECOND APPROACH HE STILL DID NOT HAVE THE GEAR DOWN AND CONTINUED TO LAND WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN.

## Other reports on N57146 (1)

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

- [Incident 20250203007729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250203007729I), Feb 3, 2025: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N57146), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Was being relocated from dvt to ffz for maintenance. Aircraft entered left downwind rwy 4L, instructed to turn base. Airman turned to…

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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