# Incident 20060712017429I: Mooney M20C, Asheville, NC, July 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2006, 13:54 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6271U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6271U-2018-02-15) (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: 1,851 total, 1,331 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/20060712017429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OF N6271U REQUESTED FROM KAVL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AN ILS 16 APPROACH BACK TO KAVL FOR A FULL STOP. APPROACH CONTROL CLEARED N6271U FOR APPROACH, REMAIN VFR. PILOT STATED THAT HE LOWERED THE GEAR AT THE OUTER MARKER AND COMPLETED THE LANDING CHECK. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CANCELED N6271U APPROACH CLEARANCE WHEN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ENCROACHED ON THE APPROACH COURSE AND VECTORED N6271U TO 270 DEGREES. THE PILOT STATED HE RAISED THE GEAR AND FOLLOWED AIR TRAFFIC'S DIRECTIONS AND FOLLOWED VECTORS BACK TO APPROACH COURSE. AT THE OUTER MARKER THE PILOT STATED HE LOWERED THE GEAR AND COMPLETED THE LANDING CHECKS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS NORMAL AND THAT HE RECHECKED THE JOHNSON BAR GEAR ACTUATOR FOR SECURE LATCHING PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. UPON TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY THE PILOT STATED THAT THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON ITS BELLY. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE DOOR.

## Other reports on N6271U (1)

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

- [Incident 20140311003849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140311003849I), Mar 11, 2014: Mooney M20C (N6271U), Kimball, TN, Minor damage. Aircraft was being relocated on a special flight permit and landed in a field due to fuel starvation of the power plant. The gear collapsed on the rough field…

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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