# Incident 20241002016879I: Mooney M20C, Shelby, NC, October 2, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 2, 2024, 12:55 local time - Place: Shelby, NC - Airport: Shelby-Cleveland County Regional - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.2557° N, 81.6008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY-CLEVELAND COUNTY RGNL (EHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2557&lon=-81.6008&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9251M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9251M) (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 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 1,793 total, 485 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241002016879I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 05 OCTOBER 2024, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LANCASTER COUNTY AIRPORT (KLKR) EN ROUTE TO LINCOLN COUNTY AIRPORT (KIPJ) IN SUPPORT OF HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS. PILOT NOTED AIRFIELD HE ANTICIPATED HEADING TO WAS BELOW MINIMUMS. PILOT DIVERTED TO SHELBY-CLEVELAND COUNTY AIRPORT (KEHO) FOR FUEL. PILOT NOTED FREQUENCY FOR KEHO WAS VERY BUSY. HE APPROACHED DOWNWIND, AT THAT TIME ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS CALLING FOR PRACTICE RNAV APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 5. HE ALSO NOTED MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT IN AND AROUND THE PATTERN/AIRFIELD. HE COULD NOT LOCATE THE RNAV APPROACH AIRCRAFT. HE TURNED BASE AND CONTINUED TO SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL LOCAL TRAFFIC. PILOT TURNED FINAL FOR LANDING AND LANDED GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE FIELD ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 388 FEET FROM INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. TASK T-EA68-FY25-0204 EIR IS INITIATED UNDER TASK T-EA68-FY25-0458. EIR IS TIED TO EXPIRED MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, SEE BLOCK 42/43 BELOW. ## Other reports on N9251M (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20170509013059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170509013059I), May 9, 2017: Mooney M20C (N9251M), Davenport, IA, Minor damage. The airman was practicing take off and landings, with light winds. While in the traffic pattern the airman noticed dust in the air from local agriculture… - [Incident 19930224009929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930224009929I), Feb 24, 1993: Mooney M20C (N9251M), Sturtevant, WI, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower gear. Landed gear up. Attempted a go around but aircraft landed, skidded off runway. - [Incident 19881008069569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881008069569I), Oct 8, 1988: Mooney M20C (N9251M), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Flew 5 ft above runway construction area. Struck concrete reinforcing bars with left wing. Landed safely. - [Accident 19740527014059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740527014059A), May 27, 1974: Mooney M20C (N9251M), Watseka, IL, Substantial damage. Plt diverted attn to r seat belt in retract lever catch in floor. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.