# Incident 19961016038619I: Mooney M20C, San Diego, CA, October 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1996, 18:25 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9266V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9266V-2016-02-12) (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: 270 total, 239 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961016038619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 16, 1996, MR. CARL N. LEWIS, PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF MOONEY, N9266V, TOOK OFF FROM MONTGOMERY AIRPORT, SAN DIEGO, CA. MR. LEWIS HEARD A NOISE AS HE LIFTED OFF THAT HE RECOGNIZED AS A PROP STRIKE. MR. LEWIS ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE RUNWAY. AS MR. LEWIS SETTLED TOWARDS THE RUNWAY HE HEARD THE PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY AGAIN. AT THIS TIME HE CHECKED THE LANDING GEAR AND NOTICED THE HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS UP. MR. LEWIS REPORTS LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE BUT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO FULLY EXTEND THE GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. MR. LEWIS STATED THAT HE DID NOT RAISE THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DURING HIS TAKE-OFF AND HE THINKS THE HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION WHEN HE TAXIED. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ABOARD THE AIRPLANE. MR. LEWIS WAS COUNSELED ABOUT CHECKING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO ENSURE IT IS IN THE PROPER POSITION BEFORE APPLYING POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION. THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT INVOLVE A NMAC.

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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