# Incident 20240823010399I: Mooney M20F, Smithfield, RI, August 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2024, 15:30 local time
- Place: Smithfield, RI
- Airport: North Central State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9207° N, 71.4914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH CENTRAL STATE (SFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9207&lon=-71.4914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6902V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6902V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 343 total, 286 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240823010399I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED I69 (CLERMONT COUNTY AIRPORT) FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY ENROUTE TO KSFZ (NORTH CENTRAL STATE AIRPORT) FOR THE FINAL DESTINATION. AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND MADE VISUAL APPROACH FOR RWY 33. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BELLY STRUCTURE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE DUE TO LANDING GEAR NOT BEING EXTENDED. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 33 & 5. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTIFIED THE AIRFIELD AUTHORITIES. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST, HE MADE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE COCKPIT CONTROLS AND DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOSTED UP ONTO JACKS AND THE GEAR HANDLED WAS CYCLED BACK TO THE DOWN POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO RAMP AREA. A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS DOES NOT INDICATE ANY LANDING GEAR SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

## Other reports on N6902V (2)

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

- [Incident 19920702034589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920702034589I), Jul 2, 1992: Mooney M20F (N6902V), Baltimore, MD, Minor damage. Unable to get gear down and locked. Gear collapsed on landing rollout. Shut engine down prior to landing.
- [Incident 19910408009369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910408009369I), Apr 8, 1991: Mooney M20F (N6902V), Washington, DC, Minor damage. Unsafe gear indication on test flight. Emergency gear inoperative. Landed gear up.

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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