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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · West Chicago, IL · June 6, 2024

Date
June 6, 2024 · 09:30 local
Place
West Chicago, IL
Airport
Dupage
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201UJ
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
31,343 total

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.

The PIC was practicing touch and goes in the pattern with a fellow pilot. He had already done several landings. While he was setting up for the last landing, at the point where he would put the gear down, they got

Distracted by the absence of the gear horn as they brought the power back. The pilot stated he realized he did not have a good procedure regarding checklists for his general aviation flying as was the case when

He flew with the airlines. The pilot did not go back and confirm the gear was down and locked prior to landing and as a result, landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES IN THE PATTERN WITH A FELLOW PILOT. HE HAD ALREADY DONE SEVERAL LANDINGS. WHILE HE WAS SETTING UP FOR THE LAST LANDING, AT THE POINT WHERE HE WOULD PUT THE GEAR DOWN, THEY GOT

DISTRACTED BY THE ABSENCE OF THE GEAR HORN AS THEY BROUGHT THE POWER BACK. THE PILOT STATED HE REALIZED HE DID NOT HAVE A GOOD PROCEDURE REGARDING CHECKLISTS FOR HIS GENERAL AVIATION FLYING AS WAS THE CASE WHEN

HE FLEW WITH THE AIRLINES. THE PILOT DID NOT GO BACK AND CONFIRM THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING AND AS A RESULT, LANDED GEAR UP.