# Incident 20200223000609I: Mooney M20F, Climax, NC, February 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2020, 16:10 local time
- Place: Climax, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9129° N, 79.7175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Climax, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9129&lon=-79.7175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3287F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3287F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360-A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200223000609I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS OUT WITH A FAMILY FRIEND FLYING AROUND ON A GOOD WEATHER DAY.  THEY DID SOME LANDINGS AT 2A5 AIRPORT (ESTIMATED FOUR LANDINGS THERE) THEN RETURNED TO LAND AT 3A4.  HE SET UP FOR RUNWAY 17, BUT CAME IN A LITTLE HIGH, WHICH MADE HIM A LITTLE FAST ON APPROACH WHEN HE TRIED TO CORRECT.  FOCUSING ON THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY, HE FORGOT TO BRING THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.  AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY WITHOUT EXITING THE RUNWAY, AND WAS CARTED OFF TO HIS HANGAR.

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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