# Incident 20250306001119I: Mooney M20J, San Marcos, TX, March 6, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2025, 20:30 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8927° N, 97.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MARCOS RGNL (HYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8927&lon=-97.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5697S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5697S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 385 total, 3,252 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250306001119I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO AT HYI.

PILOT STATED TO FAA INSPECTOR AN AIRCRAFT WAS AHEAD OF HIM PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO.  PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS MAKING SURE THERE WAS ENOUGH TIME AND DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.

PILOT STATED HE GOT DISTRACTED AND FOCUSED ON HAVING ENOUGH SEPARATION ON LANDING APPROACH, PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO PLACE THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION.

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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