# Accident 19980306006809A: Mooney M20C, Denver, CO, March 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1998, 15:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9391° N, 105.0593° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9391&lon=-105.0593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5653Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 78 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980306006809A

## Narrative

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

DISTRACTED BY AIRSICK PASSENGER LANDED GEAR UP. (.4)DURING A LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT'S DAUGHTER GOT AIR SICK AS THEY WERE IN THE LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIND HER AN AIR SICKNESS BAG AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. HE DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WITH HIS HEAD SET ON.                                                              (-23)WHILE MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT BJC, ^PRIVACY DATA O^ PASSENGER BECAME ILL AND NEEDED A SICK SACK.  ^PRIVACY DATA^ ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BECOME DISTRACTED, AND NEGLECTED TO PUT THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION, RESULTED IN A GEAR-UP LANDING AND RESULTANT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA142), Mar 6, 1998: Mooney M20C (N5653Q), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to extend the landing gear before landing. A factor relating to the accident was: his attention being diverted, when his daughter got air sick.

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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