# Incident 20210910015509I: Mooney M20M, Orange, MA, September 10, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2021, 18:15 local time
- Place: Orange, MA
- Airport: Orange Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5700° N, 72.2885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE MUNI (ORE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5700&lon=-72.2885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64SM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,618 total, 2,286 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/20210910015509I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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