# Incident 20230925020399I: Mooney M20C, Carson City, NV, September 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2023, 02:55 local time
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Airport: Carson City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1923° N, 119.7326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARSON CITY (CXP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1923&lon=-119.7326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6218U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6218U) (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 IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,650 total, 57 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230925020399I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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