# Incident 20250405004259I: Mooney M20J, Naples, FL, April 5, 2025 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 5, 2025, 21:51 local time - Place: Naples, FL - Airport: Naples Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2RH) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,726 total, 2,321 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250405004259I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NTSB ACCIDENT NO.: N/A ATQA: A-SO-19-25-036 SAS PTRS NO.: SO19202504010 TASK ID: T-SO19-FY25-0611 REGISTRATION: XXXX MAKE: MOONEY : M20J SERIAL NUMBER: XXXXXX WHEN: 05APR2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 2151 HRS. AT APPROXIMATELY 2151 HOURS ON APRIL 5, 2025, I, AOO XXXXXXXX RECEIVED A RINGDOWN NOTIFICATION FROM THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER REGARDING AN ALERT 1. THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THAT THE ALERT WAS FOR A MOONEY AIRCRAFT THAT HAD LANDED WITH ITS LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE AND CONDUCTING AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT, I UPGRADED THE ALERT LEVEL TO AN ALERT 3. THE AIRCRAFT, IDENTIFIED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD VISIBLY LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE PILOT, MR. XXXXXX, HE ADMITTED TO INADVERTENTLY FAILING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. I PROMPTLY CONTACTED MR. XXXXXXX AT THE MIAMI FSDO TO PROVIDE A DETAILED BRIEFING OF THE INCIDENT. FOLLOWING THE CONSULTATION, APPROVAL WAS GRANTED TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT. XXXXXXXXXX FROM FACILITIES RESPONDED WITH THE TELESCOPIC HANDLER TO SAFELY LIFT THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED TO THE EXECUTIVE HANGAR. A COMPREHENSIVE INSPECTION OF RUNWAY 23 WAS CONDUCTED FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. DURING THE INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DISTANCE FROM THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT TO THE FINAL RESTING POSITION OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 660 FEET. TWO ANTENNAS FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE WERE RECOVERED ALONG THE DEBRIS PATH, AND FRAGMENTS OF CONCRETE RESULTING FROM THE PROPELLER STRIKE WERE COLLECTED. UPON COMPLETION OF THE INSPECTION, AND WITH CONFIRMATION THAT THE RUNWAY WAS CLEAR OF ALL FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS AND STRUCTURAL HAZARDS, RUNWAY 23 WAS DEEMED SAFE FOR OPERATIONS AND SUBSEQUENTLY REOPENED. A FORMAL ALL-CLEAR NOTIFICATION WAS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE MANAGEBRIDGE SYSTEM. AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE MINOR. TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH PILOT, PIC ADMITTED FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE LANDING WAS DETERMINED TO BE A SECONDARY FACTOR DUE TO THE PILOT’S FAILURE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING. RECOMMEND REXAM 44709. THIS ACTION CLOSES THIS INVESTIGATION INTO THIS INCIDENT. ## Other reports on N2RH (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20020904036839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020904036839I), Sep 4, 2002: Mooney M20J (N2RH), Lincoln Park, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) On return from practicing take offs and landings at orange county airport (mjg) acft entered pattern for runway 01 at Lincoln Park. Winds were gusty out… 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.