# Incident 20060209004659I: Mooney M20C, Winslow, AZ, February 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2006, 11:30 local time
- Place: Winslow, AZ
- Airport: Winslow Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0245° N, 110.7095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winslow, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0245&lon=-110.7095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6800U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6800U-2013-02-13) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,590 total, 3 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060209004659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT WAS TO FAMILIARIZE NEW OWNER WITH AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT INITIATED OUT OF FLAGSTAFF, WHERE THE NEW OWNER, THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY^ PERFORMED THE TAKE OFF AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. HE STATED HE HAD DIFFICULTY RAISING THE GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT PROCEEDED TO WINSLOW TO FACILITATE PRACTICE TOUCH AND GOES. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY ^ WAS TO PERFORM THE FIRST LANDING WITH ^PRIVACY^ FOLLOWING HIM THRU. ^PRIVACY^ ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT, EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND OBSERVED THE GREEN LANDING LIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY ^ TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND ON FINAL ASKED IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN. ^PRIVACY^ TOLD HIM HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT. UPON TOUCHDOWN, AS THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE SLAMMED DOWN (DISENGAGED FROM EXTENDED POSITION) AND THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. AWAITING MAINTENANCE INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE LOCKING MECHANISM TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE LOCK.

## Other reports on N6800U (1)

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

- [Incident 19870218008649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870218008649I), Feb 18, 1987: Mooney M20C (N6800U), Custer, SD, Minor damage. Emergency landing in field after oil covered windshield. Found ruptured propeller governor oil line.

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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