20240914013349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Spingfield, TN · September 14, 2024

Date
September 14, 2024 · 14:50 local
Place
Spingfield, TN
Airport
Springfield Robertson County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7123U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
12,659 total11 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

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.

During the conduct of flight instruction with a student pilot the aircraft touched down with the gear in the up position. Video evidence from cctv at the airport shows the aircraft on final and touchdown with no gear deployed. Witness statements indicated that no gear was observed in the down position. Pictures provided by airport personnel show the gear exensiton handle in the down position indicating the gear was in the up position when the aircraft stopped. Damage to the underside of the aircraft is consistant with a gear up landing and not a collasped gear. Skid mark on the nose landing gear doors indicate they were closed at the time of impact. Aircraft was removed from the runway and placed on the apron with the gear deployed while it was suspended by the crain.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE CONDUCT OF FLIGHT INSTRUCTION WITH A STUDENT PILOT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. VIDEO EVIDENCE FROM CCTV AT THE AIRPORT SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT ON FINAL AND TOUCHDOWN WITH NO GEAR DEPLOYED. WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATED THAT NO GEAR WAS OBSERVED IN THE DOWN POSITION. PICTURES PROVIDED BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL SHOW THE GEAR EXENSITON HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION INDICATING THE GEAR WAS IN THE UP POSITION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT IS CONSISTANT WITH A GEAR UP LANDING AND NOT A COLLASPED GEAR. SKID MARK ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS INDICATE THEY WERE CLOSED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND PLACED ON THE APRON WITH THE GEAR DEPLOYED WHILE IT WAS SUSPENDED BY THE CRAIN.