# Incident 20240914013349I: Mooney M20C, Spingfield, TN, September 14, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2024, 14:50 local time
- Place: Spingfield, TN
- Airport: Springfield Robertson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5367° N, 86.9212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRINGFIELD ROBERTSON COUNTY (M91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5367&lon=-86.9212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7123U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7123U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,659 total, 11 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240914013349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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