# Incident 20250925013829I: Mooney M20B, Dallas, TX, September 25, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2025, 10:00 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Air Park Dallas Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0235° N, 96.8369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIR PARK-DALLAS (F69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0235&lon=-96.8369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74745, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74745) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,546 total, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250925013829I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED F69 AT 0956 LOCAL. AFTER TAKE OFF HE NOTICED AN ALTERNATOR MALFUNCTION.

PILOT RETURNED TO LAND AT F69 RUNWAY 34.

PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT PERFORM A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST DUE TO BEING DISTRACTED BY THE ALTERNATOR ISSUE.

PILOT DID NOT LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE GEAR UP AT 10:00AM ON RUNWAY.

PILOT DOES NOT RECALL HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN SINCE HE WAS WEARING A NOISE CANCELING HEADSET.

PILOT THEN CALLED THE ROC TO REPORT INCIDENT.

AIRCRAFT MOVED TO A HANGAR TO FREE UP THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N74745 (1)

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

- [Accident 19900818035129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900818035129A), Aug 18, 1990: Mooney M20B (N74745), Winfield/Arkans, KS, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing roll. Retract truss failed at weld. AD on replacing truss not performed.

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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