# Incident 19980728029079I: Mooney M20K, Fort Collins, CO, July 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1998, 16:55 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231AR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 988 total, 600 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980728029079I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM DSM, ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN 3.6 HOURS FLIGHT TIME. CANCELLED IFR @ 4 MILES FROM FNL. ENTERED MID FIELD LEFT HAND DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 15 @ FNL. LANDED WITHOUT LOWERING GEAR. (THIS WAS SECOND OCCURRENCE. PREVIOUS INCIDENT DAT 96-08-31.) PILOT INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE WARNING HORN. HAD HEADPHONES ON. TIME WA 16:55 PM. TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N231AR (2)

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

- [Incident 19960831038759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960831038759I), Aug 31, 1996: Mooney M20J (N231AR), Fort Collins, CO, Minor damage. Narrative: while landing at Fort Collins Loveland, the pilot failed to lower landing gear. Aircraft received minor damage.
- [Incident 19871226079929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871226079929I), Dec 26, 1987: Mooney M20K (N231AR), Placerville, CA, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Cause of gear malfunction under investigation.

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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