# Incident 20160503005269I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Allegan, MI, May 3, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2016, 18:30 local time
- Place: Allegan, MI
- Airport: Padgham Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5301° N, 85.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PADGHAM FLD (35D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5301&lon=-85.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57241, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57241) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 333 total, 200 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160503005269I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 3RD, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30PM AT PADGHAM FIELD (35D) IN ALLEGAN MI, AN INCIDENT INVOLVED THREE PEOPLE AND ONE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IS A MOONEY M20 N57241 AND IS ^OWNED BY JOHN SCHLOFF^. ^MR. SCHLOFF^ WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, ALSO CFI WAS ON BOARD GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO PILOT FOR HIS COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE CHECK RIDE. THE THIRD OCCUPANT WAS A BACK SEAT NON PILOT PASSENGER THAT ^MR. SCHLOFF^ HAD BROUGHT ALONG.

DURING A TOUCH AND GO AT 35D ^MR. SCHLOFF^ HAD SUCCESSFULLY LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 29. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE LANDING HE ADDED FULL POWER AND STARTED THE TAKEOFF ROLL. AT APPROXIMATELY 100' BEFORE THE AIMING MARKERS ^MR. SCHLOFF^ MOVED THE LANDING GEAR POSITION HANDLE TO THE "UP" POSITION WHILE STILL ON THE RUNWAY. THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION BUT THE PILOT HAD IT OVER THE DETENT. THE LANDING GEAR PROMPTLY RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT FELL TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SLID SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST ON ITS BELLY AND ON THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY 29. AFTER SECURING THE AIRCRAFT, THE CFI PROMPTLY MOVED ^MR. SCHLOFF^ AND THE BACK SEAT PASSENGER OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TO A SAFE SPOT IN THE GRASS ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A BENT PROP AND HUB, AND FUSELAGE BELLY SKIN 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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