# Incident 20190902018009I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Ann Arbor, MI, September 2, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2019, 15:33 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2229° N, 83.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANN ARBOR MUNI (ARB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2229&lon=-83.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5265P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5265P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,495 total, 616 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190902018009I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT OWNER WAS OUT PRACTICING APPROACHES AND TOUCH AND GO'S.  HE HAD PLANNED TO DO A TIGHT PATTERN THEN TOUCHDOWN TO A FULL STOP.  THE PILOT STATED THINGS WERE HAPPENING QUICKLY AND HE DID NOT RECALL DOING HIS NORMAL SET OF GAS, UNDERCARRIAGE, MIXTURE, PROP, SWITCHES (GUMPS).  HE ALSO NORMALLY LOOKS AT THE MANUAL INDICATOR BETWEEN THE SEATS.  LINED UP FOR TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 24, THE PILOT HEARD THE REAR STEP START GRINDING AND THEN A TICK TICK AS THE PROPELLER STARTED HITTING THE RUNWAY.  LANDING WAS COMPLETED AND AIRCRAFT EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES.  PILOT DID NOT RECALL HEARING THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN.  AIRPLANE WAS LIFTED OFF RUNWAY AND GEAR WAS NORMALLY EXTENDED.  AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGER.  FAA IIC WITNESSED A GEAR SWING THE DAY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT.  GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY.  WARNING HORN FAILED TO SOUND WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS INTENTIONALLY PUT IN CONFIGURATION FOR AURAL WARNING INDICATING A FAILURE OF THE WARNING HORN SYSTEM.  GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY.  GEAR UP AN DOWN WARNING LIGHTS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N5265P (1)

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

- [Incident 20000604032569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000604032569I), Jun 4, 2000: Mooney M20K (N5265P), Ann Arbor, MI, Minor damage. (-23)While taxing to the end of the runway, the non-certificated individual from the 99'S pinch hit program, froze on the brakes. The aircraft dropped iff tge…

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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