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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Orange, MA · September 10, 2021

Date: September 10, 2021 · 18:15 local
Place: Orange, MA
Airport: Orange Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N64SM
Reported as: Mooney M20M
Reported engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,618 total2,286 in this make and model25 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.

On September 10,2021,privacy data omitted, andprivacy data omitted departed westover air base (kcef) in aircraft N64SM at aproximately 5:20 pm local for a flight to Orange Municipal Airport(kore). The plan was to practice takeoffs, landings, and airwork and then return to kcef.

At approximately 6:15 pm while practicing a short field landing,the aircraft settled on runway 32 at kore with the landing gear retracted. Per the narrative provided by the pilot in command, the landing gear handle was found in the up position after the gear up landing. With the assistance of airport personnel, the local fire department and a local towing service, the aircraft was raised enough to extend the landing gear and was towed to the terminal ramp area.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 10,2021,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED WESTOVER AIR BASE (KCEF) IN AIRCRAFT N64SM AT APROXIMATELY 5:20 PM LOCAL FOR A FLIGHT TO ORANGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT(KORE). THE PLAN WAS TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS, LANDINGS, AND AIRWORK AND THEN RETURN TO KCEF.

AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 PM WHILE PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD LANDING,THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON RUNWAY 32 AT KORE WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. PER THE NARRATIVE PROVIDED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE UP POSITION AFTER THE GEAR UP LANDING. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AIRPORT PERSONNEL, THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A LOCAL TOWING SERVICE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED ENOUGH TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND WAS TOWED TO THE TERMINAL RAMP AREA.