# Incident 20210808019379I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Arlington, WA, August 8, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2021, 15:20 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Apt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1608° N, 122.1590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (AWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1608&lon=-122.1590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252XM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252XM) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 272 total, 85 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210808019379I

## Narrative

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

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021, ABOUT 1520 HOURS PDT, MOONEY M20K, N252XM, DURING 3RD LANDING AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KAWO) RWY 34, LANDED GEAR UP.  PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N252XM HAD PERFORMED 2 PREVIOUS FULL STOP LANDINGS.  ON HIS 3RD LANDING, PIC BECAME TASK SATURATED MANAGING TRAFFIC & FOCUSING ON CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT, PIC INADVERTANTLY FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY ON RWY 34 CENTERLINE AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.

WEATHER CONDITIONS - WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 3KTS WITH VISIBILITY 10SM.  AIRPORT OPERATIONS BRIEFLY CLOSED RWY 34 WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING RAISED, LANDING GEAR LOWERED, AND TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY.  N252XM SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED TO OWNER'S HANGAR.  RUNWAY AREA INSPECTED AND REOPENED AT 1700 HRS.

FAA INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOTED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE ANTENNAS IMMEDIATELY AFT OF THE BELLY, AND THE RIGHT SIDE AIRCRAFT BOARDING STEP.  THE PROPELLER TIPS ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  NO DAMAGE NOTED TO ANY PRIMARY OR SECONDARY FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES, FIREWALL, ENGINE COWLING, ENGINE MOUNTS, OR ANY STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS.  NO DAMAGE NOTED ON THE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELLS OR GEAR DOORS AS WELL.

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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