# Incident 19980609025939I: Mooney M20C, Beaumont Port A, TX, June 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1998, 17:00 local time
- Place: Beaumont Port A, TX
- Airport: Jefferson County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2959L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2959L) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 45 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/19980609025939I

## Narrative

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

DURING ON SITE INVESTIGATION, AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS COULD NOT FIND ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF THE MOONEYS LANDING GEAR. NEARING THE COMPLETION OF THE ON SITE INVESTIGATION. OPEATATIONS INSPECTOR SPOKE TO THE PILOT, MR. BOBBY D. SIMON. MR SIMON WAS COUNSELED BY THE OPERATIONS INSPECTOR ON THE NEED FOR PROPER CHECKLIST USAGE AND VARIOUS METHODS TO CONFIRM GEAR EXTENSION. MR. SIMON WAS RECEPTIVE TO MY COUNSELING AND MAINTAINED A POSITIVE ALTITUDE THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION.

## Other reports on N2959L (2)

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

- [Incident 19870101005679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870101005679I), Jan 1, 1987: Mooney M20C (N2959L), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft was landed with the gear up.
- [Incident 19811114082049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811114082049I), Nov 14, 1981: Mooney M20C (N2959L), Vicksburg, MS, Minor damage. Za pilot landed short when engine quit from lack of fuel in selected tank but with fuel left in other tank.

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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