# Incident 20100407032999I: Mooney M20B, Spanish Fork, UT, April 7, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport: Spanish Fork-Springville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1132° N, 111.6431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spanish Fork, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1132&lon=-111.6431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74722, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (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 M20B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 435 total, 180 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100407032999I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED DUE TO HIS EFFORTS TO VISUALLY ACQUIRE THE THREE HELICOPTERS(R-22'S) IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH HIM, WHILE COMMUNICATING HIS POSITION AND INTENTIONS ON CTAF. THE PILOT REMEMBERS INITIATING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, BUT DOES NOT REMEMBER COMPLETING THE EXTENSION PROCESS BY LOCKING THE "JOHNSON BAR" IN THE LANDING GEAR DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING TOUCH DOWN, ALL SEEMED NORMAL, THEN THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE, THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED ONTO THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND BEGAN SKIDDING ON ITS BELLY, EVENTUALLY COMING TO REST IN THE DIRT JUST OFF THE NORTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 30.

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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