# Incident 20190511004499I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Perris, CA, May 11, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2019, 17:45 local time
- Place: Perris, CA
- Airport: French Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5742° N, 117.1285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRENCH VALLEY (F70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5742&lon=-117.1285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252YB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252YB) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,560 total, 392 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190511004499I

## Narrative

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

THE CFI AND STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED FALLBROOK AIRPORT (L18) TO PRACTICE LANDINGS ON THE LONGER RUNWAY OF F70.  AFTER THEIR 6TH OR 7TH LANDING TO A FULL STOP THEY DECIDED TO PRACTICE A SLIPPING APPROACH. DURING THE PROCESS OF THIS APPROACH THEY NEGLECTED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. ACCORDING TO THE CFI IT WAS A GOOD APPROACH AND GOOD LANDING OTHER THEN THE FACT THAT AS SOON AS THEY HEARD THE METAL SCRAPING THE RUNWAY, THEY REALIZED THEY DID NOT PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.  THE LANDING WAS ON THE CENTERLINE AND SKIDDED ABOUT 200 FT FORWARD AND ABOUT 10 FT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE.

## Other reports on N252YB (1)

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

- [Incident 20040127002349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040127002349I), Jan 27, 2004: Mooney M20K (N252YB), St Paul, MN, Minor damage. (-23) During an attempted landing at stp, the aircraft nose gear and propeller contacted the runway surface, resulting in minor damage to the propeller and a…

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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