# Incident 20250409005009I: Mooney M20M, Palatka, FL, April 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Airport: Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6580° N, 81.6901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALATKA MUNI/LT KAY LARKIN FLD (28J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6580&lon=-81.6901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134JF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N134JF) (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 TIO-540-AF1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,984 total, 175 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250409005009I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 09, 2025, APPROXIMATELY 13:30 LOCAL TIME, AT THE PALATKA FLORIDA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (28J, RWY 09), THE PRIVATE PILOT STATED HE BECAME DISTRACTED (NEWLY UPDATED AVIONICS) AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKINS, STEP, NLG DOORS, PROPELLER AND FLAPS WERE DAMAGED ON HIS MOONEY M20M, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ S/N 27-0150.

KGNV WX: 091853Z 08007KT 040V110 10SM CLR 24/08 A3008

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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