# Incident 20020404007839I: Mooney M20E, Canon City, CO, April 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2002, 20:00 local time
- Place: Canon City, CO
- Airport: Fremont County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4286° N, 105.1069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREMONT COUNTY (1V6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4286&lon=-105.1069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1240X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1240X) (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: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 299 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020404007839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT SHOT THE GPS-29 PRACTICE APPROACH AT 1V6 TO A FULL STOP LANDING. THEN DEPARTED NEXT LEG. THE GEAR WAS LOWERED MID FIELD DOWN WIND ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT CHECKED THE GEAR DOWN BY PLACING HIS HAND ON THE GEAR HANDLE. UPON TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SLIGHTLY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT AND THEN THE NOSE. THE GEAR HANDLE HAD RELEASED FROM THE DOWN POSITION. UPON SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND DEFECTIVE DOWN LOCK.

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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