# Accident 20140628010139A: Mooney Airplane Co Inc M20TN, Yakima, WA, June 28, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2014, 12:14 local time
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5908° N, 120.5307° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5908&lon=-120.5307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N633GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N633GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20TN (registry code 5870227, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20tn) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-G (registry code 17401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRPLANE CO INC M20TN
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 416 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140628010139A

## Narrative

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

WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH FEW CLOUDS AT 10,000 FEET.  WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 6-8 KNOTS

RUNWAY 22 WAS IN USE. 3835?X 150?

PILOT STATED HE HAD JUST FINISHED 5 LANDINGS TO A FULL STOP AND TAXI BACK ALL ON RUNWAY 22.  ON HIS 6TH ATTEMPT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN, AND HE WAS EXTENDED ON DOWNWIND BY ATC.  HE STATED HE FOCUSED ON SEEING THE OTHER PLANES IN THE PATTERN DURING HIS DOWNWIND AND THE OTHER PLANE WAS ON FINAL.

WHEN HE TURNED BASE AND FINAL, HE AGAIN STATED HE WAS FOCUSED ON THE OTHER PLANE. HE STATED HE JUST DIDNT KNOW HOW HE FAILED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN, MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD LOWERED IT SEVERAL TIMES IN HIS PREVIOUS LANDINGS AND WAS DISTRACTED BY THE NON-ROUTINE PATTERN AND THE OTHER PLANE.  HIS AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH A GEAR NOT DOWN WARNING SYSTEM, BUT IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ZERO THROTTLE AND HE NORMALLY KEEPS SOME THROTTLE ON UNTIL HIS FINAL FLAIR.  HE STATED HE DID NOT HEAR AN ALARM. ATC ATTEMPTED TO WARN HIM TO CHECK HIS GEAR WAS DOWN JUST SECONDS BEFORE HE TOUCHED DOWN. HE LANDED GEAR UP BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO REACT TO THE TOWER WARNING.  NO INJURIES AND NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE.

PILOT ADMITS TO MISMANAGING THE GEAR, AND LANDED GEAR UP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR14CA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA287), Jun 28, 2014: Mooney M20TN (N633GL), Yakima, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to configure the landing gear for landing.

## Other reports on N633GL (1)

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

- [Incident 20101102049109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101102049109I), Nov 2, 2010: Mooney Airp M20TN (N633GL), Yakima, WA, Minor damage. Student pilot was conducting solo flight operations at Yakima, WA. (Ykm) when he failed to extend the landing gear during his approach and landing. The…

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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