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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20 · Shreveport, LA · July 29, 2026

Date
July 29, 2026 · 14:05 local
Place
Shreveport, LA
Airport
Shreveport Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2221G
Reported as
Mooney M-20
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,975 total584 in this make and model

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.

During IFR practice landing procedure, pilot got out of his normal sequence and forgot to put landing gear down. He did not recognize the gear warning and thought it was the annunciation that he had crossed the RNAV marker.

As the FAA filed it

DURING IFR PRACTICE LANDING PROCEDURE, PILOT GOT OUT OF HIS NORMAL SEQUENCE AND FORGOT TO PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE GEAR WARNING AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE ANNUNCIATION THAT HE HAD CROSSED THE RNAV MARKER.