# Incident 20220507006699I: Mooney M20C, Rutland, VT, May 7, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2022, 01:00 local time
- Place: Rutland, VT
- Airport: Rutland Southern Vermont Regio
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5297° N, 72.9496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUTLAND/SOUTHERN VERMONT RGNL (RUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5297&lon=-72.9496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6543U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6543U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 585 total, 35 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220507006699I

## Narrative

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

INSPECTOR SPOKE TO THE PILOT ON MAY 9, 2022.  PILOT EXPLAINED THAT HE IS FAIRLY NEW TO THE AIRCRAFT AND ONLY HAS ABOUT 35 HOURS IN HIS PRIVATELY OWNED MOONEY.  HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING IN RUTLAND VERMONT ON RUNWAY 19, BUT FAILED TO REMEMBER TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE.  WEATHER WAS VMC AND NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

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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