# Incident 20020517010609I: Mooney M20C, Sedona, AZ, May 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2002, 13:10 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Airport: Sedona Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8486° N, 111.7884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEDONA (SEZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8486&lon=-111.7884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1985Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1985Y-2005-11-23) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 275 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020517010609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN WHILE ON THE DOWN WIND LEG OF A LANDING AT SEDONA AIRPORT, HE STATES THAT ONCE HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY THE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE ON THE UNDERSIDE PORTION OF IT'S MAIN CABIN.

## Other reports on N1985Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19911229061189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911229061189I), Dec 29, 1991: Mooney M20C (N1985Y), Nipton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot reported engine quit and descending in clouds. Broke out of clouds. Landed on road. Suspect carburetor icing.

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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