# Incident 20240803012539I: Mooney M20R, Grants, NM, August 3, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2024, 13:05 local time
- Place: Grants, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1542° N, 107.8323° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grants, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1542&lon=-107.8323&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444HK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444HK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240803012539I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 3, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1305 MDT, A MOONEY M20R, LANDED GEAR-UP ON RWY 13 AT THE GRANTS-MILAN MUNCIPAL AIRPORT, KGNT, AND SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT, KAEG, AND WAS THE FIRST POST ANNUAL INSPECTION FLIGHT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT/^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WERE NOTED WHEN THE ON-SCENE FSDO PMI CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AFTER A TOW TRUCK/CRANE PICKED UP THE AIRCRAFT.

JRK 09/23/2024

## Other reports on N444HK (2)

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

- [Incident 20180810010649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180810010649I), Aug 10, 2018: Mooney M20R (N444HK), Shenandoah, VA, Minor damage. Aircraft taxied to do runup on the outside taxiway of a split taxiway. When complete and attempting to taxi onto the runway he did not see the painted yellow…
- [Incident 20080719845799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080719845799I), Jul 19, 2008: Mooney M20R (N444HK), Pleasanton, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) While configuring the aircraft for landing the pilot was distracted by a faulty airspeed indicator. It was reading higher then normal when the reached…

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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