# Incident 20181207023319I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Lancaster, SC, December 7, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2018, 18:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, SC
- Airport: Bryant Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7240° N, 80.7793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7240&lon=-80.7793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252L) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,529 total, 960 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181207023319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND ONE PIECE BELLY PANEL.

## Other reports on N252L (1)

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

- [Incident 20211028018769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211028018769I), Oct 28, 2021: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N252L), Fredericksburg, VA, No damage. Aircraft had an engine failure shortly after takeoff and pilot landed in a field.

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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