# Incident 20240219001219I: Mooney M20C, Greenville, SC, February 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2024, 13:23 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8369° N, 82.3630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8369&lon=-82.3630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7748M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7748M) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,075 total, 265 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240219001219I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING, BUT WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE FLARE.  HE SAID HE WAS CONCERNED HE WAS TOO FLAT, AND THAT IT WOULD PORPOISE, SO HE DID A GO-AROUND.  DURING THE GO-AROUND, HE DEBATED PULLING THE GEAR UP, AND INITIALLY DECIDED NOT TO, BUT THEN DID PULL IT UP OUT OF HABIT.  WHEN HE RETURNED FOR LANDING, HE FORGOT THAT HE HAD PULLED THE GEAR UP, SINCE HE REMEMBERED DEBATING AND DECIDING TO LEAVE IT DOWN.  HE COMPLETED HIS GUMPS CHECK, BUT FOR THE GEAR, RELIED ON HIS MEMORY, NOT THE GEAR INDICATION LIGHT OR HANDLE POSITION, AND AS A RESULT, LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION.

## Other reports on N7748M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890701019119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890701019119A), Jul 1, 1989: Mooney M20C (N7748M), Mchenry, MD, Substantial damage. On landing, aircraft hit hard. Collapsed landing gear

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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