# Incident 20250423004289I: Mooney M20E, Lynchburg, VA, April 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2025, 18:30 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4138° N, 79.1422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-79.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2689W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2689W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,716 total, 113 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250423004289I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MISSED HIS NORMAL PROCEDURES AND FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.  WHILE ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY, HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DIDN'T HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN.  LOCAL MAINTENANCE DID FIND THAT THE GEAR WARNING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE.

## Other reports on N2689W (1)

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

- [Incident 20150901012859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150901012859I), Sep 1, 2015: Mooney M20E (N2689W), Marysville, KS, Minor damage. On September 1, 2015, at approximately 1818 central daylight time (CDT), the airman, holder of a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane single engine…

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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