# Incident 19980211001159I: Mooney M20F, Glendale, AZ, February 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1998, 09:20 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Airport: Glendale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5269° N, 112.2951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLENDALE RGNL (GEU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5269&lon=-112.2951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9618M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9618M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 70 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980211001159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN CONTROL TOWER CLEARED THE PILOT FOR SHORT FINAL ON RUNWAY 1. PILOT STATED THERE WAS TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND AN AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 1. PILOT STATED HE SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE FOR GEAR DOWN AND CONTINUED HIS APPROACH AND LANDING. ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED BRIEFLY, THEN THE GEAR RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP CAUSING PROP STRIKE AND SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE. PILOT REPORTED HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE, AND HASN'T GOTTEN USED TO FLYING INTO THE GLENDALE AIRPORT. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT SECURED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. PILOT STATED HE BELIEVES HE PUSHED THE GEAR HANDLE INTO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION, BUT DID NOT CHECK TO SEE IF IT WAS LOCKED.

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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