# Incident 20140825016659I: Mooney M20E, Manhattan, KS, August 25, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2014, 13:20 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Airport: Manhattan Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1414° N, 96.6716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANHATTAN RGNL (MHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1414&lon=-96.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206HT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206HT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 871 total, 608 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140825016659I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 25, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1320 LOCAL (1820 UTC), THE AIRMAN, HOLDER OF A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND CLASS RATING WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT THE MANHATTAN REGIONAL AIRPORT (KMHK), MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM BLOOMFIELD IOWA (4K6) ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT ENROUTE TO KMHK; VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WITH CONDITIONS AT KMHK REPORTED AS WINDS FROM 060 DEGREES AT 08 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, AND CLEAR SKIES.

DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING PHASE TO RUNWAY 21 AT KMHK, THE AIRMAN FAILED TO EXTEND THE AIRCRAFT?S LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TOUCHED-DOWN ON RUNWAY 21 AND SKID TO A STOP, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRMAN, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON-BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, REPORTED NO INJURIES.

POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE AND NOSE GEAR DOOR.   THE AIRCRAFT?S PROPELLOR BLADES WERE DAMAGED UPON TOUCHDOWN AS A RESULT OF THE GEAR-UP LANDING.  NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED.  THE POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION DID NOT REVEAL ANY LANDING GEAR SYSTEM ANOMALY THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GEAR-UP LANDING; UPON RECOVERY, THE AIRCRAFT?S LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED VIA THE NORMAL EXTENSION METHOD.

THE AIRMAN PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT INDICATING THAT HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING.

## Other reports on N206HT (1)

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

- [Incident 20060909019359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060909019359I), Sep 9, 2006: Mooney M20E (N206HT), Flora, IL, Minor damage. (-23) The airman stated he flared the aircraft too high resulting in a porpoising effect on landing which caused the propeller to strike the paved runway. This…

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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