# Incident 20180711022479I: Mooney M20C, Sparta, TN, July 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2018, 11:30 local time
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Airport: Upper Cumberland Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0567° N, 85.5301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UPPER CUMBERLAND RGNL (SRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0567&lon=-85.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6755V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6755V-2022-12-03) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total, 5 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/20180711022479I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF N6755V, A MOONEY 20C, CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY BY NOT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR IN A TIMELY MANNER, HIS ON ADMISSION.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY SOUL ONBOARD.

1.5 HOURS ON THE OVERHAULED ENGINE AND PROPELLER.  THIS MAINTENANCE WAS INITIATED FROM PREVIOUS PROP STRIKE BY THE SAME PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## Other reports on N6755V (2)

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

- [Incident 20081011857319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081011857319I), Oct 11, 2008: Mooney M20C (N6755V), Wauchula, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On October 11, 2008 at approximately 1400 EDT, a Mooney M20C, N6755V registered by [privacy data omitted] landed gear up at Wauchula Municipal Airport.…
- [Incident 20070113000719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070113000719I), Jan 13, 2007: Mooney M20C (N6755V), Zephyrhills, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot came to land at kzph and to fit into the traffic flow he executed a wave-off and placed the gear up. As he re-entered the traffic pattern, the…

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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