19990712024249I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20B · Tulsa, OK · July 12, 1999

Date: July 12, 1999 · 18:36 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7TE
Reported as: Mooney M20B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total600 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N7TERegistered now · Mooney M20BS/N 1767 · Built 1961 Airframe modelMooney M20B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

July 12, 1999, at approximately 18:36 CDT, N7TE, a Mooney M20B aircraft, landing gear collapsed upon landing at (rvs) Richard Lloyd Jones airport, Tulsa, OK. During a telephone call 8/4/1999, with Mr. Dodson, he said he thinks he did not properly place the landing gear control handle in the extended position, failing to lock the gear down. Mr. Dodson said he recently purchased this aircraft. It has manually operated landing gear retraction system. It is operated by using a long handle and requires placing the handle in a detent upon retracting or extending the gear. The landing gear was extended after the landing incident, before moving the aircraft. The mechanism has not been inspected for defects. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

JULY 12, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 18:36 CDT, N7TE, A MOONEY M20B AIRCRAFT, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING AT (RVS) RICHARD LLOYD JONES AIRPORT, TULSA, OK. DURING A TELEPHONE CALL 8/4/1999, WITH MR. DODSON, HE SAID HE THINKS HE DID NOT PROPERLY PLACE THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE IN THE EXTENDED POSITION, FAILING TO LOCK THE GEAR DOWN. MR. DODSON SAID HE RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS AIRCRAFT. IT HAS MANUALLY OPERATED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM. IT IS OPERATED BY USING A LONG HANDLE AND REQUIRES PLACING THE HANDLE IN A DETENT UPON RETRACTING OR EXTENDING THE GEAR. THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AFTER THE LANDING INCIDENT, BEFORE MOVING THE AIRCRAFT. THE MECHANISM HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED FOR DEFECTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^