# Incident 19890716038839I: Mooney M20C, Washington, KS, July 16, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1989, 12:30 local time
- Place: Washington, KS
- Airport: Washington County Memorial Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8158° N, 97.0484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8158&lon=-97.0484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6252U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6252U-1993-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890716038839I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE FAILED ON GEAR RETRACTION. LANDED GEAR UP ON SAME RUNWAY. FOUND WATER IN FUEL.

## Other reports on N6252U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19921121052809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921121052809I), Nov 21, 1992: Mooney M20C (N6252U), Springfield, MO, Minor damage. Reported glideslope flag on approach. Would make LOC approach. Contacted the ground one mile short of runway.
- [Incident 19840125019649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840125019649I), Jan 25, 1984: Mooney M20C (N6252U), Springfield, MO, Minor damage. Realized gear not down after a prop and belly strike. Made go around and landed normal. Gear horn intermittent.

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.

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