# Incident 20060523010349I: Mooney M20C, Olathe, KS, May 23, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2006, 11:05 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: New Century Aircenter Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8309° N, 94.8903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER (IXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8309&lon=-94.8903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3406X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3406X) (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 O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060523010349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT ON THE MORNING OF MAY 23, 2006 HE DEPARTED VINLAND VALLEY AERODROME (K64), BALDWIN CITY, KANSAS, FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. UPON RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO FLY TO NEW CENTURY AIRCENTER (IXD), NEW CENTURY, KANSAS. ONE FINAL ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY RESULTED WITH THE HANDCRANK BREAKING-OFF AND THE GEAR "JAMMED." CONVERSATION WITH THE IXD CONTROL TOWER VERIFIED THE PARTIAL EXTENSION OF BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR, WITH NO APPARENT EXTENSION OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT CONTACTED MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT IXD, AND AFTER THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, A DECISION WAS MADE TO PERFORM A GEAR-UP LANDING AT IXD. A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON RUNWAY 22, WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THIS INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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