# Incident 20170526005639I: Mooney M-20G, Palmer, AK, May 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2017, 15:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Palmer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78TB-2020-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M-20G (registry code 5870216, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-20g) (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 M-20G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 927 total, 12 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170526005639I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON COMMERCIAL CHECKRIDE WITH A DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER. GEAR HANDLE OPERATES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION - WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE IS IN THE DOWN POSITION THE GEAR IS ACTUALLY UP & WHEN THE GEAR IS IN THE UP POSITION THE GEAR IS DOWN. RETURN FLIGHT BACK TO PALMER THE WINDS HAD INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY AND THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND RESULTED IN A GO-AROUND AND SWITCHING TO ANOTHER RUNWAY. THE SECOND ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL. TO COMPLETE THE COMMERCIAL CHECKRIDE THE AIRMAN NEEDED TO COMPLETE ONE MORE LANDING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAST LANDING RESULTED WITH THE GEAR UP- ALTHOUGH THE AIRMAN MADE THE CALL OUT (TWICE) THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND PHYSICALLY POINTED AT THE GEAR HANDLE. THE WINDY CONDITIONS MAY HAVE RAISED THE STRESS LEVEL AND PROMPTED PRIMACY TO ARISE WITH THE GEAR HANDLE OPERATING IN REVERSE.

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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