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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Pittsfield, ME · April 15, 2022

Date
April 15, 2022 · 06:00 local
Place
Pittsfield, ME
Airport
Pittsfield Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1289X
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total500 in this make and model

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 April 18, 2022, was notified that a single engine Mooney aircraft was involved in a gear up landing at the Pittsfield Maine municipal airport. Inspector went to look at the aircraft on April 19, 2022. Aircraft was in the hangar upon inspection. Propeller was damaged from the landing, bottom belly beacon was cracked, a belly inspection panel was bend backwards, and very minimal scrapes were noted on the bottom of the aircraft. No other damage noted. All required documents were onboard. Spoke to the pilot and owner of the aircraft. Pilot stated the weather was good at the time of around 6:00PM during the normal landing. Pilot said that everything was good, although he did feel the aircraft was a bit faster than normal on final, and touchdown was further down the runway than normal. Landing was smooth. Aircraft landed gear up as the pilot admitted he forgot to put the gear down in the landing position. Aircraft stopped on the centerline, and moved byprivacy data omitted.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 18, 2022, WAS NOTIFIED THAT A SINGLE ENGINE MOONEY AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE PITTSFIELD MAINE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. INSPECTOR WENT TO LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT ON APRIL 19, 2022. AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE HANGAR UPON INSPECTION. PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED FROM THE LANDING, BOTTOM BELLY BEACON WAS CRACKED, A BELLY INSPECTION PANEL WAS BEND BACKWARDS, AND VERY MINIMAL SCRAPES WERE NOTED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED. ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WERE ONBOARD. SPOKE TO THE PILOT AND OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THE WEATHER WAS GOOD AT THE TIME OF AROUND 6:00PM DURING THE NORMAL LANDING. PILOT SAID THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD, ALTHOUGH HE DID FEEL THE AIRCRAFT WAS A BIT FASTER THAN NORMAL ON FINAL, AND TOUCHDOWN WAS FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY THAN NORMAL. LANDING WAS SMOOTH. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AS THE PILOT ADMITTED HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN IN THE LANDING POSITION. AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE CENTERLINE, AND MOVED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.