# Incident 20000529017879I: Mooney M20C, Napa, CA, May 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2000, 11:42 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2132° N, 122.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPA COUNTY (APC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2132&lon=-122.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78860 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000529017879I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND CLAIMS HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS. SHORTLY AFER HE LANDED ALL THREE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THIS IS AN UNUSUAL GEAR SYSTEM, BECAUSE WHEN THE PILOT WANT TO PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IS PLACED IN THE UP POSITION AND ROTATES INTO A DETECT.  THE PILOT CLAIM THE HANDLE POPPED OUT OF THE DETENTE.  THE HANDLE WAS INSPECTED AND BY A MECHANIC AND WAS FELT TO BE IN DOOD WORKING ORDER.  THE PILOT IS TO BE REEXAMINED TO DETERMINED OF HE KNOWS HOW TO OPERATE THE GEAR CORRECTLY.

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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