# Incident 20190908023479I: Mooney M20R, Lantana, FL, September 8, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2019, 15:59 local time
- Place: Lantana, FL
- Airport: Lantana
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5834° N, 80.0554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lantana, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5834&lon=-80.0554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17FM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,075 total, 287 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190908023479I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT HAVE GEAR KNOB ALL WAY DOWN LOCK, PRACTICING DEAD STICK LANDING, HIT TURBULANCE WHILE LOWERING KNOB AND HAND FLEW OFF HANDLE ON SHORT FINAL.  KNOB WAS 3/4 DOWN AND 1/4 INCH FROM INDENT AFTER LANDING.  PILOT GLANCED AT KNOB TO VERIFY IT IS DOWN.  IT LOOKED DOWN TO HIM BUT HE WAS WRONG.  PILOT OVER CONFIDENT BY VISUAL ON KNOB POSITION.  LANDED PLANE WITH WHEELS UP.  PROP STRIKE AT IDLE AND BELLY OF PLANE DAMAGED.  GEAR WAS OK.  WHEN PLANE WAS LIFTED, GEAR WAS ABLE TO CYCLE DOWN AND LOCK.  PILOT ABLE TO HOLD PLANE STRAIGHT AND LEVEL IN MIDDLE OF RUNWAY UNTIL IT STOPPED.  NO FIRE OR FUEL LEAD AND NO INJURY.  ONLY PILOT ON BOARD.  PILOT ESTIMATES PLANE WILL BE BACK IN SERVICE ESTIMATED 3 MONTHS.

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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