# Incident 20240902020679I: Mooney M20J, Sherman, TX, September 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2024, 10:00 local time
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Airport: Sherman Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6241° N, 96.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHERMAN MUNI (SWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6241&lon=-96.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10WN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (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 M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,587 total, 2,000 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/20240902020679I

## Narrative

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

ON SCENE INVESTIGATION INCLUDED INTERVIEW OF PIC AND REVIEW OF INCIDENT SCENE. ISSUED PILOT COMPLIANCE PHILOSOPHY BROCHURE WITH PILOT'S BILL OF RIGHTS PRIOR TO INTERVIEW. PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED KADS AND AFTER HAVING SOME AUTOPILOT PROBLEMS DECIDED TO PROCEED TO KSWI TO PICK UP SOME FUEL. PILOT CONDUCTED ONE TOUCH AND GO WITHOUT ISSUE BUT ON THE SECOND LANDING HE STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. HE STATED THAT HE HAS A GEAR WARNING HORN BUT APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS PRIOR HE NOTED IT WAS INOPERATIVE AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD UNDERGONE A TRANSPONDER CHECK. THE GEAR WARNING HORN BREAKER HAD BEEN PULLED SINCE IT WAS INOPERATIVE SO THE HORN NEVER SOUNDED. PILOT STATED HE HAD ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD AND LIKELY HE WAS DISTRACTED AS THEY HAD BEEN TALKING. HE SAID HE HAD USED A CHECKLIST AND TYPICALLY DOES A GUMPS CHECK BUT FAILED TO ON THIS LANDING. REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE GEAR WARNING HORN PULLED. AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO BE LIFTED AND THE GEAR SWUNG DOWN WITHOUT ISSUE. REVIEW OF PILOT RECORDS SHOW PIC WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT. REVIEW OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS SHOW AIRCRAFT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. CONSULTED WITH NTSB AND THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN INCIDENT BASED ON THE DAMAGE NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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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