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| Date: | Thursday 27 March 2025 |
| Time: | c. 16:20 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20E Super 21 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1230X |
| MSN: | 104 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport (GAI/KGAI), Westminster, MD -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, MD (GAI/KGAI) |
| Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, MD (GAI/KGAI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Mooney M20E Super 21, N1230X, landed gear-up on runway 32 at Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport (GAI/KGAI). The airplane conducted a go-around and landed on the same runway about 5 minutes later.
Videographic evidence and ADS-B data shows the airplane on a rather uneventful approach to runway 32. The landing gear appeared to be in the retracted position. On touchdown, the propellers contacted the runway, and a go-around was started. During the go-around, it appears that the pilot extended the landing gear without problems.
Sources:
SOCIAL MEDIA
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=1230X
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N1230X/history/20250327/1928Z/KGAI/KGAI
https://indyairsales.com/__resources/webdata/files/specsheets/1716_N1230X%20Info%20Spec%20Sheet%20Rev%202.pdf (photo and info)
Location
Media:
Touch and Go with the risk of destroying the propellers from this
— Turbine Traveller (@Turbinetraveler) March 30, 2025
1963 MOONEY M20E (N1230X) or pilot forgot to complete the landing ? checklist ✅? pic.twitter.com/pKEMuK88e2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2025 22:22 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 31-Mar-2025 18:34 | olympiashorts | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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