# Incident 20260819010439I: Mooney M20C, Pottstown, PA, August 19, 2026 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 19, 2026, 23:30 local time - Place: Pottstown, PA - Airport: Heritage Fld - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.2396° N, 75.5567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HERITAGE FLD (PTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2396&lon=-75.5567&mi=10 - Aircraft: N3628H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3628H) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 377 total, 286 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260819010439I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON AUGUST 19, 2026,, AT 2330 ET LOCAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A MOONEY M20-C HAD A GEAR-UP LANDING AT KPTW ON RUNWAY 28. THE PILOT WAS IDENTIFIED AS MR. JONATHAN CUTILLO, FAA CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. IN A STATEMENT PROVIDED BY MR. CUTILLO HE STATED THAT HE WAS BUILDING NIGHT PIC TIME AND COMPLETING SOME COMMMERCIAL PILOT EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS AND HIS FLIGHT PLAN INCLUDED STOPS AT KHGR, KMDT, AND KRDG BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO KPTW. WHEN ENTERING THE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 28 AT KPTW HE STATED THAT HE RAN THROUGH HIS "GUMPS" CHECKLIST AND AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS THINKING HIS PATTERN WAS TOO TIGHT SO TRACKED OUTWARD FOR A LONGER BASE LEG. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT CONFIRM THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT WAS GREEN WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO FATIGUE SETTING IN. HE STATED THAT HE CAME ACROSS THE NUMBERS AT THE PROPER HEIGHT AND SPEED AND WAITIED FOR THE "CHIRP" OF THE TIRES TOUCHING THE RUNWAY WHICH NEVERF CAME. HE SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED GEAR UP AND SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND THE ENGINE STOPPED DUE TO THE PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. WHEN HE CAME TO A STOP HE DID NOTICE THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. INITIALLY HE STATED THAT ONE OF TWO SCENARIOS CAUSED THE GEAR UP LANDING: 1. HE DID PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN DURING HIS GUMPS CHECK AND DID NOT REALIZE THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED RESULTING IN THE GEAR MALFUNCTIONING; 2. IN THE SHOCK OF LANDING ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRPLANE INADVERTANTLY REACHED FOR THE GEAR SWITCH BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION OF DOING SO. HOWEVER, IN A FOLLOW-UP CONVERATION HE STATED THAT AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS REFLECTING ON THE INCIDENT HE BELIEVES THAT HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND THAT IT WAS NOT A MECHANICAL ISSUE. MR. CUTILLO WAS FORTHCOMING AND TRANSPARENT WITH ALL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE INCIDENT ## Other reports on N3628H (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20190824023059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190824023059I), Aug 24, 2019: Mooney M20C (N3628H), Tyler, TX, Minor damage. On 08/24/2019 aircraft N3628H, a 1978 Mooney M20C was cleared to land by Tyler-tyr airport ATCT on rwy 22. During the landing-touch down phase of flight, the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.