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FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Monroe, WI · November 15, 2023

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Date
November 15, 2023 · 16:25 local
Place
Monroe, WI
Airport
Monroe Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N92BR
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,153 total2,500 in this make and model148 in the last 90 days
N92BRRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 566 · Built 1965Airframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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 #2 was practicing full stop landings as part of his transition training from a single engine land Cessna 172 to a complex, retractable landing gear Mooney M20E. First landing was completed without incident. During second landing approach, the pilot flying (pilot #2) was too high. Pilot #1, the CFI, told him to reposition to land on runway 12. On the downwind leg neither pilot completed the gump check. Lining up on final everything looked great. Aircraft landed in the middle of the runway and slid approximately 593 feet from the initial propeller strike. Landing gear had not been selected down. Neither pilot was injured. Minor damage to the belly of the aircraft. No post landing fire.

In his statement pilot #1 said that "abeam the numbers, I called out fuel pump on, drop the gear, and get into the white arc of the airspeed indicator, and drop the first notch of flaps." Neither pilot verified that the landing gear was down and locked. According to pilot #1 the landing gear horn never sounded which should have occurred when the manifold pressure reached about 10 inches. During the final approach he states that the throttle was at idle due to being too high and too fast initially.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT #2 WAS PRACTICING FULL STOP LANDINGS AS PART OF HIS TRANSITION TRAINING FROM A SINGLE ENGINE LAND CESSNA 172 TO A COMPLEX, RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR MOONEY M20E. FIRST LANDING WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING SECOND LANDING APPROACH, THE PILOT FLYING (PILOT #2) WAS TOO HIGH. PILOT #1, THE CFI, TOLD HIM TO REPOSITION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12. ON THE DOWNWIND LEG NEITHER PILOT COMPLETED THE GUMP CHECK. LINING UP ON FINAL EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 593 FEET FROM THE INITIAL PROPELLER STRIKE. LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN SELECTED DOWN. NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO POST LANDING FIRE.

IN HIS STATEMENT PILOT #1 SAID THAT "ABEAM THE NUMBERS, I CALLED OUT FUEL PUMP ON, DROP THE GEAR, AND GET INTO THE WHITE ARC OF THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR, AND DROP THE FIRST NOTCH OF FLAPS." NEITHER PILOT VERIFIED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. ACCORDING TO PILOT #1 THE LANDING GEAR HORN NEVER SOUNDED WHICH SHOULD HAVE OCCURRED WHEN THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE REACHED ABOUT 10 INCHES. DURING THE FINAL APPROACH HE STATES THAT THE THROTTLE WAS AT IDLE DUE TO BEING TOO HIGH AND TOO FAST INITIALLY.