20260419004249I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20L · Vero Beach, FL · April 19, 2026

Date
April 19, 2026 · 15:35 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Airport
Vero Beach Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N823TH
Reported as
Mooney M20L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total100 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 04/19/2026 at kvrb, around 15:35 local time, the pilot of the aircraft failed to extend the landing gear and landed the aircraft gear up, damaging the belly of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON 04/19/2026 AT KVRB, AROUND 15:35 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP, DAMAGING THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.