# Incident 20010711039079I: Mooney M20C, Olathe, KS, July 11, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2001, 11:57 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Johnson County Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8476° N, 94.7376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHNSON COUNTY EXEC (OJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8476&lon=-94.7376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6327Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6327Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 615 total, 38 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010711039079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 11, 2001, MR. ROBERT B. COOPER DEPARTED JOHNSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OJC) IN M-20 N6327Q FOR M. GRAHAM CLARK AIRPORT, POINT LOOKOUT, MISSOURI (PLK). DUE TO REPORTED RADIO COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, MR. COOPER DECIDED TO RETURN TO OJC. ON HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 18, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES AND HE ELECTED TO GO-AROUND. ON HIS SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, MR. COOPER LANDED WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED IN THE "DOWN" POSITION RESULTING IN A COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE THREE OCCUPANTS. THE CONTROL TOWER REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN EXTENDED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN;HOWEVER, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT SHE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT LAND WITH THE GEAR IN THE "UP" POSITION. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE MECHANICAL LANDING GEAR HANDLE FLEW TO THE FLOOR (GEAR UP POSITION) AT TOUCHDOWN. A GEAR RETRACTION TEST CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. MCI-FSDO INCIDENT REPORT ^PRIVACY D^ IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6327Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19940727019569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940727019569A), Jul 27, 1994: Mooney M20C (N6327Q), Macon, MO, Substantial damage. Beleived engine problem. Diverted to K89. Landed on closed runway. Struck construction vehicles. No anomalies found

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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