# Accident 20041223032749A: Mooney M20E, Telluride, CO, December 23, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2004, 15:15 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Airport: Telluride Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9533° N, 107.9083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9533&lon=-107.9083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5550Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5550Q) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041223032749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HEARD SCREECHING NOISE (NOT SURE WHERE FROM), APPLIED POWER ANDDID A GO AROUND LANDING DOWNWIND, TACHOMETER WAS READING ERRATIC, BUT ENGINE STILL SEEMED TO HAVE POWER. FOLLOWED CHECKLIST PUT FLAPS DOWN AND THEY WOULD NOT GO DOWN, PUT LANDING GEAR UP INSTEAD OF DOWN BY ACCIDENT (THEY WERE ALREADY DOWN).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN05LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA043), Dec 23, 2004: Mooney M20E (N5550Q), Telluride, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight decision making and inadvertent retraction of the landing gear resulting in a wheels up landing. A contributing factor included the pilot's attention being diverted by…

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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