# Incident 20051130030549I: Mooney M20C, Goodyear, AZ, November 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2005, 16:15 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Goodyear Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4233° N, 112.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX GOODYEAR (GYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4233&lon=-112.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6524U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6524U) (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: 2,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051130030549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED TO EVALUATE THE PHYSICAL FACTS RELATIVE TO THE PILOT OPERATOR STATEMENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER HIS LANDING AND ROLL OUT THE LANDING GEAR SUDDENLY COLLAPSED, CAUSING A PROP STRIKE AND THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE. THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AND PROVIDED A SIGNED STATEMENT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED PROPELLER DAMAGE, BELLY SCRAPING, AND SCRAPING ON THE NOSE GEAR DOOR. NO TRANSITIONAL (LANDING GEAR) DAMAGE WAS DETECTED AND ALL DAMAGE GAVE AN INDICATION THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AT THE TIME OF CONTACT. EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY (21) SURFACE, INDICATED A TOTAL OF 13 PROP BLADE STRIKES AND THEN METAL TO CEMENT SLIDE MARKS OVER A 700' SPACE. NO EVIDENCE OF RUBBER MARKS FROM ANY OF THE THREE TIRES WAS FOUND. TOWER PERSONNEL STATED THAT ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS DELAYED EXITING THE RUNWAY IN FRONT OF THE LANDING INCIDENT AIRCRAFT. THE RUNWAY SIGNATURES, AIRCRAFT SLIDE DISTANCE AND AIRCRAFT DAMAGE DEMONSTRATE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GEAR UP LANDING, NOT A COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR DURING ROLL OUT. THIS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE CONTRADICTS THE STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE PILOT. POSSIBLE DISTRACTION OF THE PILOT BY THE LANDING AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

## Other reports on N6524U (1)

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

- [Accident 19940423009159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940423009159A), Apr 23, 1994: Mooney M20C (N6524U), Page, AZ, Substantial damage. Lost electric power on dual cross country. Diverted. Engine quit on approach. Landed short. Fuel tanks empty.

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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