20040616011399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Sanford, ME · June 16, 2004

Date
June 16, 2004 · 17:45 local
Place
Sanford, ME
Airport
Sanford Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6813U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
220 total10 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) PIC janet holmes was practicing touch and go landing. Gear was selected down and green light was noted by both parties. Upon landing the gear collapsed. The gear was selected down, however the handle was not locked into position. The handle snapped out on landing, resulting in gear collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PIC JANET HOLMES WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDING. GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND GREEN LIGHT WAS NOTED BY BOTH PARTIES. UPON LANDING THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, HOWEVER THE HANDLE WAS NOT LOCKED INTO POSITION. THE HANDLE SNAPPED OUT ON LANDING, RESULTING IN GEAR COLLAPSE.