# Incident 20000619033929I: Mooney M20E, Heber, UT, June 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2000, 17:45 local time
- Place: Heber, UT
- Airport: Heber Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4818° N, 111.4288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEBER VALLEY (HCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4818&lon=-111.4288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6688R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6688R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 3,500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000619033929I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 6/19/00 AT 1745 MDT MOONEY-20-E N6688R S/N431 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND HIDDEN DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND MAIN LANDING GEAR AREA OF THE FUSELAGE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING AT HEBER CITY, UT. THE FLIGHT ORGINATED AT CEDAR CITY, UT EARLIER IN THE DAY.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE ON BOARD THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER.  THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PRIVATE FLIGHT.  THE PILOT STATEMENT POLICE PHOTOS AND PASSENGER STATEMENT INDICATES THAT A HARD LANDING WAS EXPERIENCED WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE GEAR COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N6688R (2)

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

- [Incident 19900703023339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900703023339I), Jul 3, 1990: Mooney M20E (N6688R), Cedar City, UT, Minor damage. Bird strike at cruise altitude. Windscreen broke and bird entered cockpit area.
- [Incident 19840731050119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840731050119I), Jul 31, 1984: Mooney M20E (N6688R), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Failed to insure the manual gear lever was in the gear down detent. The gear collapsed on the landing roll.

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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