# Incident 20220625009799I: Mooney M20E, Silver City, NM, June 25, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2022, 08:25 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Grant County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6365° N, 108.1564° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANT COUNTY (SVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6365&lon=-108.1564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7879V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7879V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 458 total, 50 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220625009799I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 25, 2022, AT 0825 MST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A MOONEY 20-E,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON RUNWAY 8 AT KSVC, GRANT COUNTY/SILVER CITY AIRPORT.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED FOR FLIGHT TRAINING PURPOSES.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KSVC AT APPROXIMATELY 0820 MST ON JUNE 25, 2022 AND WAS FLYING UNDER 14 CFR 91 AND VFR IN VMC.  THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.  NEITHER THE INSTRUCTOR NOR THE STUDENT WERE INJURED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS WITH THE AIRCRAFT.  ALSO, THE STUDENT/SECOND PILOT IS IN SPAS FOR MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ONLY.

DURING THE BRIEF TIME IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE HAD BECOME TASK SATURATED WITH CORRECTING THE STUDENT WHO WAS HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME MAINTAINING THE PROPER AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE AND SPEED.  THE INSTRUCTOR ALSO REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT VERIFY THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST, WHICH INCLUDES LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR, WAS ACCOMPLISHED.  UPON HEARING INITIAL PROPELLER CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND COMPLETED THE GEAR-UP LANDING.  THE PROPELLER AND LOWER FUSELAGE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.  IT IS THE IIC'S OPINION THAT THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THIS INCIDENT WAS TASK SATURATION BY THE CFI, CAUSING LOSS OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

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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