# Incident 19960824028859I: Mooney M20C, Gardner, KS, August 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1996, 12:38 local time
- Place: Gardner, KS
- Airport: Gardner Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8068° N, 94.9567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDNER MUNI (K34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8068&lon=-94.9567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6473U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6473U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 16 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960824028859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PIC RECENTLY PURCHASED A/C & WAS PRACTICING T/O'S & LANDINGS IN PREPARATION FOR A FLT REVIEW. DURING THE 2ND LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN, BENT PROPS, RT. FLAP BRACKET. A GEAR RETRACTION TEST WAS WITNESSED BY INSPECTOR CODDINGTON OF THE KC FSDO ON 08-26-96. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GEAR SAFE & IN TRANSIT LITES WERE TURNED DOWN COMPLETELY & COULD NOT ILLUMINATE UNTIL THE IRIS'S WERE OPENED. PIC STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD NOT COMPLETELY ENGAGED THE GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE. WITH THE GEAR LITES TURNED DOWN THERE WAS NO WAY TO TELL IF THE GEAR WAS SAFELY EXTENDED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT, #CE96IGA0127, IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6473U (1)

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

- [Incident 19831211071999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831211071999I), Dec 11, 1983: Mooney M20C (N6473U), Andrews, SC, Minor damage. Nose wheel sank into a ant hill at hangar entrance taxiing to hangar. Propeller struck hangar floor.

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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