# Incident 19991024031519I: Mooney M20F, Ellensburg, WA, October 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Ellensburg, WA
- Airport: Bowers Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0348° N, 120.5289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWERS FLD (ELN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0348&lon=-120.5289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9612M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9612M-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991024031519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES AT THE ELN AIRPORT OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING AND THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE EXTENDED. PILOT CHARNESKI STATED THAT THE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS A MECHANICAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYSTEM REQUIRING THE PILOT TO MANUALLY SWING A LONG GEAR HANDLE OVERCENTER INTO A LOCKING MECHANISM.  INVESTIGATION REVEALS THE SYSTEM DID NOT MALFUNCTION BUT APPARENTLY WAS NOT COMPLETELY LOCKED IN THE EXTENDED POSITION.

## Other reports on N9612M (1)

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

- [Accident 20071009828169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071009828169A), Oct 9, 2007: Mooney M20F (N9612M), Alamo, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft impacted the ground 5 miles north of Alamo, NV, due to loss of oil pressure and engine power at 091244PDT. Substantial damage. The two occupants…

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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