# Incident 20140412013409I: Mooney M20C, Death Valley Na, CA, April 12, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2014, 12:00 local time
- Place: Death Valley Na, CA
- Airport: Furnace Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4605° N, 116.8798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FURNACE CREEK (L06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4605&lon=-116.8798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2951L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2951L-2018-05-30) (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: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 447 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140412013409I

## Narrative

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

N2951L, RETURNING FROM A PERSONAL FLIGHT, EXPERIENCE A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT THE FURNACE CREEK AIRPORT (L06). 3 PASSENGERS AND ONE PILOT WERE ABOARD. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NO POST CRASH FIRE WAS REPORTED.

## Other reports on N2951L (1)

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

- [Accident 19750504014719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750504014719A), May 4, 1975: Mooney M20C (N2951L), FL, Substantial damage

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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