# Incident 20240205001439I: Mooney M20C, New Richmond, WI, February 5, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2024, 13:03 local time
- Place: New Richmond, WI
- Airport: New Richmond Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1478° N, 92.5392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW RICHMOND RGNL (RNH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1478&lon=-92.5392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N606W) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 461 total, 11 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240205001439I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PRIVATE PILOT WITH COMPLEX ENDORSEMENT WERE PRACTICING POWER-OFF 180° ACCURACY LANDINGS IN PREPARATION FOR THE COMMERCIAL PILOT CHECKRIDE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS ON THE CONTROLS FOR THE MANEUVER, WHICH HAD ONLY BEEN ATTEMPTED TWO TIMES PREVIOUSLY.  WHILE ON SHORT APPROACH, ANOTHER AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IN FRONT OF THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS MOMENTARILY DISTRACTED BY THIS TO ENSURE SPACING WAS ADEQUATE. BEYOND THAT, THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS CONCENTRATING ON AIRSPEED MANAGEMENT AND MAKING THE PLANNED LANDING ZONE. THE PRIVATE PILOT NEGLECTED TO COMPLETE THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST DUE TO TASK SATURATION. THE PRIVATE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOLDING MORE SPEED THAN NORMAL. THE PRIVATE PILOT HAD 62 HOURS IN THE MAKE AND MODEL. THE CFI WAS FOCUSING ON TRAFFIC ENTERING THE PATTERN AND INSTRUCTED THE PRIVATE PILOT TO COMPLETE THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST WHILE ON DOWNWIND. THE PRIVATE PILOT CONFIRMED THAT HE WOULD. THE CFI GLANCED INSIDE THE COCKPIT AND THOUGHT THAT THE JOHNSON BAR WAS IN THE VERTICAL POSITION (GEAR DOWN) AND THE GEAR LIGHT INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CFI STATED THAT THE PRIVATE PILOT MISSED THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE BY APPROXIMATELY 1,000’.  NEITHER PILOT CALLED FOR A GO-AROUND DUE TO BEING PAST THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. THE CFI HAD 11 HOURS IN THE MAKE AND MODEL AND 13.8 HOURS IN RETRACTABLE GEAR AIRCRAFT.

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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