# Incident 20241115017619I: Mooney M20M, Richland, WA, November 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2024, 10:15 local time
- Place: Richland, WA
- Airport: Richland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3056° N, 119.3042° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHLAND (RLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3056&lon=-119.3042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66YC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66YC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 24 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241115017619I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE UPON LANDING.

## Other reports on N66YC (1)

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

- [Incident 20200815015239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200815015239I), Aug 15, 2020: Mooney M20M (N66YC), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. Pilot statement: on downwind leg engine stalled. Pilot switched to right tank, turned on boost pump and engine restarted. Pilot put the gear lever down,engaged…

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.