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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Carson City, NV · September 25, 2023

Date
September 25, 2023 · 02:55 local
Place
Carson City, NV
Airport
Carson City
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6218U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
8,650 total57 in this make and model21 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.

Pilot was high on final approach. Aircraft was correctly configured for landing, but pilot decided to go around due to the approach angle and placed the gear back in the up position. Upon landing after the go around, the pilot noticed he forgot to put or lock the landing gear down and the aircraft landed on its belly.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS HIGH ON FINAL APPROACH. AIRCRAFT WAS CORRECTLY CONFIGURED FOR LANDING, BUT PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND DUE TO THE APPROACH ANGLE AND PLACED THE GEAR BACK IN THE UP POSITION. UPON LANDING AFTER THE GO AROUND, THE PILOT NOTICED HE FORGOT TO PUT OR LOCK THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY.