# Incident 20250920015279I: Mooney M20J, Manassas, VA, September 20, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2025, 14:20 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Manassas Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91CP) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 318 total, 270 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250920015279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RELOCATING AIRCRAFT FROM STAFFORD AIRPORT (KRMN) TO MANASSAS AIRPORT (KHEF).  SPOUSE, ALSO A PILOT, DID 3 TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AT KRMN.  PILOTS SWITCHED POSITIONS AND PILOT WITH INCIDENT, DID 2 TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AT STAFFORD AND THEN FLEW TO MANASSAS TO DO THE LANDING.  AFTER WHICH, THEIR AIRPLANE WOULD BE HANGARED AND STORED.  UPON ARRIVAL APPROACHING KHEF FROM THE SW, TOWER COMMENTED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO NOT BE DOWN.  DURING THIS TIME IN THE ARRIVAL, PILOT STATED THAT IN THE AIRCRAFT ALL FUNCTIONS WERE APPEARING NORMAL.  THEY WERE NORMAL AT STAFFORD AND ALSO ON THE ARRIVAL FOR 34L AT KHEF.  THE GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE LIGHT ON THE FLOOR SHOWED GREEN, VERIFYING THE GEAR WAS DOWN.  THE PANEL ON THE CONSOLE DID NOT SHOW INDICATION OF GEAR UNSAFE.  UPON HEARING GEAR NOT DOWN, PILOT OPTED TO GO-AROUND JUST TO BE SURE THAT ALL WAS IN ORDER.  TOWER, WHEN LEARNING THAT HANGAR WAS ON THE EAST SIDE, TOWER CLEARED PILOT TO LAND 34R.  PILOT PLACED THE GEAR DOWN, SAW THE GREEN LIGHT CONFIRMING DOWN, NO GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION SHOWING AND UPON TOUCH DOWN ON 34R, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND UPON LANDING THE SECOND TIME, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP.  PILOT, WITH CONCERN OF FUMES OR FIRE...IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE FUEL VALVE AND THE MASTER SWITCH AND EXITED AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY.

AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, SHEET METAL DAMAGE UNDER THE NOSE, AND MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS REVEALED THAT ALL INSPECTIONS WERE CURRENT AS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2025. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS NO RECENT MAINTENANCE DONE ON THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.

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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