# Incident 20030705017369I: Mooney M20C, Brookneal, VA, July 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2003, 11:30 local time
- Place: Brookneal, VA
- Airport: Brookneal/Campbell Co Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1417° N, 79.0164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKNEAL/CAMPBELL COUNTY (0V4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1417&lon=-79.0164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9608M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9608M) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705017369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN STATES HE WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GOES. ON FINAL LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. HE NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS ELEVATED TO AN ANGLE APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES OFF THE FLOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. (THE MOONEY LANDING GEAR IS OPERATED MANUALLY BY A LEVER BETWEEN THE FRONT SEATS. THIS LEVER IS PARALLEL TO THE FLOOR, HELD IN THAT POSITION BY A MECHANICAL LATCH, WHEN IT IS IN THE "DOWN" POSITION). INSPECTION OF THE LATCHING MECHANISM AFTER THIS EVENT REVEALED NO POSSIBILITY OF DISLODGING THE HANDLE WHEN IT WAS PROPERLY PLACED IN THE "DOWN AND LOCKED" POSITION. THE AIRMAN FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE THE HANDLE IN THE "DOWN AND LOCK" POSITION PRIOR TO LANDING.

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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