# NTSB NYC82DA045: Mooney M20K, N4088H, White Plains, NY, March 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 6, 1982, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Coordinates: 41.049873, -73.73912 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0499&lon=-73.7391&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73035
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73035/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA045

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - atc clearance - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING A PRACTICE ILS APPROACH ATC REQUESTED THE FLIGHT REDUCE ITS AIRSPEED FOR TRAFFIC SPACING. THE PILOT COMPLIED AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH WITH THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDING INTERMITTENTLY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AND CAME TO REST ON THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 16.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4088H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25 0465
- Airframe hours: 424
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-GB 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Britton Appraisal Assoc. Inc.
- Registered owner: Britton Appraisal Assoc. Inc.
- Departed: HPN, WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Destination: HPN, WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Airport: HPN, Westchester County, runway 16, 6,550 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,716 total, 158 in this make and model, 1,527 as pilot in command, 525 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 93 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HPN

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19820306017729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820306017729I), Mar 6, 1982: Mooney M20K, White Plains, NY, Minor damage. Two pilots on familiarizaiton flight in newly purchased airplane landed gear up.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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