# Incident 19990914033819I: Mooney M20B, Devils Lake, ND, September 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1999, 20:30 local time
- Place: Devils Lake, ND
- Airport: Devils Lake Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1166° N, 98.9100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEVILS LAKE RGNL (DVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1166&lon=-98.9100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74716 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 164 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990914033819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09-14-99 AT 2030 CDT, MOONEY-20-B, N74716, OWNED AND OPERED BY TOD AMBLE LANDED GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 31 AT DEVILS LAKE, ND AIRPORT WHILE RETURNING FROM A LOCAL FLIGHT.  THE PIC A PRIVATE PILOT APPROPRIATELY RATED WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE CONSISTING OF PROPELLER TIPS CURLED AFT TO APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES, BELLY SKINS AND NOSE GEAR DOOR RECEIVED SCRAPING DAMAGE.  THE PILOT, WHEN INTERVIEWED, INDICATED THE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING; HOWEVER, NO IMPACT DAMAGE WAS FOUND DURING AN INSPECTION, INDICATING THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AT TOUCHDOWN.  THE LACK OF DAMAGE TO WINGS, NOSE COWLING, LANDING GEAR DOORS AND THE POSITION OF DAMAGTE SIGNATURES ON THE FUSELAGE SUPPORT THE PROFILE OF GEAR-UP LANDINGS.  A MECHANIC INTERVIEW INDICATED THE LANDING GEAR OPERATION ON JACKS WAS NORMAL EXCEPT HE ENCOUNTERED SOME DIFFICULTY ENGAGING THE HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION.

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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