# Incident 20010701018269I: Mooney M20C, Norfolk, VA, July 1, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2001, 12:39 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7838V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7838V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 50 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010701018269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAS MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM. PILOT STATES HE PLACED GEAR IN DOWN POSITION, SAW GREEN "DOWN" LIGHT, HOWEVER, HE FAILED TO "WIGGLE" LANDING GEAR LEVER TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS SECURELY LATCHED IN RETAINING MECHANISM.  AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR.  PILOT OBSERVED GEAR LEVER COME OUT OF LATCH AND ADDED FULL POWER.  AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO RUNWAY AND LANDING GEAR FOLDED UP.

## Other reports on N7838V (4)

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

- [Incident 20030830025179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030830025179I), Aug 30, 2003: Mooney M20C (N7838V), Lawrenceville, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft ran out of fuel. Landed in field 1/2 mile short of runway 25 at Gwinnett co. airport.
- [Incident 19980604017809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980604017809I), Jun 4, 1998: Mooney M20C (N7838V), Plymouth, MA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control and veered left off the runway into grass damaging rt main gear.
- [Incident 19910717038899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910717038899I), Jul 17, 1991: Mooney M20C (N7838V), Meriden, CT, Minor damage. Engine problem after takeoff. Returned. Forgot to lower gear and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19890612037999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890612037999I), Jun 12, 1989: Mooney M20C (N7838V), Meriden, CT, Minor damage. While performing touch and go landings pilot forgot to lower gear and landed with gear up.

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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