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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Wilcox, AZ · December 20, 2020

Date
December 20, 2020 · 19:00 local
Place
Wilcox, AZ
Airport
Cochise County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201TD
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,707 total2,739 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot stated he failed to confirm that the landing gear was down by the green indicator lights. The pilot landed the aircraft with the wheels up and stowed

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED HE FAILED TO CONFIRM THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN BY THE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE WHEELS UP AND STOWED