19940124003199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20D · Hays, KS · January 24, 1994

Date: January 24, 1994 · 18:15 local
Place: Hays, KS
Airport: Hays Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1963Y
Reported as: Mooney M20D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total800 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N1963YRegistered now · Mooney M20DS/N 228 · Built 1964 Airframe modelMooney M20D Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: the pilot stated he was making a normal landing with the gear extended. After touchdown, the aircraft rolled a short distance, and the gear collapsed. The pilot suspects he didn't get the manual gear extension handle used on this model aircraft fully locked in the "down" position. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft suffered only minor damage. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED HE WAS MAKING A NORMAL LANDING WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED A SHORT DISTANCE, AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT SUSPECTS HE DIDN'T GET THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE USED ON THIS MODEL AIRCRAFT FULLY LOCKED IN THE "DOWN" POSITION. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^