# Incident 20000626033379I: Mooney M20E, Waterloo, IA, June 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2000, 20:20 local time
- Place: Waterloo, IA
- Airport: Waterloo Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5584° N, 92.4010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERLOO RGNL (ALO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5584&lon=-92.4010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2602W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2602W) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 18 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000626033379I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT THE WATERLOO AIRPORT (ALO). ON TOUCH DOWN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SECURE THE AIRCRAFT MANUAL LANDING  GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION AND DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING.  THIS PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH A HAND OPERATED MECHANICAL LANDING GEAR.  THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REQUIRES SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ASSURE ITS LEVEL IS SECURED IN THE LATCHED POSITION.  THE LANDING GEAR LEVER MUST BE IN THE LATCHED POSITION BEFORE THE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT WILL ACTIVATE.

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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