19951207045809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Waukesha, WI · December 7, 1995

Date
December 7, 1995 · 15:34 local
Place
Waukesha, WI
Airport
Waukesha County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7435V
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,151 total2,020 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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 entered a right downwind for runway 28 at Waukesha, WI. The tower operator noticed the gear was down on the downwind. Base and final. It appears that the pilot mistakenly retracted the gear on landing. The gear collapsed on landing. Investigation revealed that the gear was not down and locked.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT ENTERED A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 28 AT WAUKESHA, WI. THE TOWER OPERATOR NOTICED THE GEAR WAS DOWN ON THE DOWNWIND. BASE AND FINAL. IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT MISTAKENLY RETRACTED THE GEAR ON LANDING. THE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.

Other reports on N7435V · 1

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