# Incident 19980316008719I: Mooney M20J, Vancouver, WA, March 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1998, 14:30 local time
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Evergreen Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6200° N, 122.5300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Evergreen Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6200&lon=-122.5300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3846H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3846H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 70 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/19980316008719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER ONE GO AROUND AT EVERGREEN AIRPORT, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR. ON THE SUBSEQUENT APPROACH THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR. SKIDDING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED UP, THE GEAR WAS LOWERED AND THEN TOWED TO PARKING. THE PROP WAS BENT, THERE WERE SCRAPES ON THE BELLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N3846H (1)

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

- [Incident 20240413003729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240413003729I), Apr 13, 2024: Mooney M20J (N3846H), Winter Haven, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was on a cross country flight from korl to kspg. The pilot first noticed electrical issues as he passed lakeland airport. Pilot reported his garmin map…

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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