# Incident 20170903017559I: Mooney M20C, Black Rock City, NV, September 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2017, 08:15 local time
- Place: Black Rock City, NV
- Airport: Black Rock City Municipal Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7604° N, 119.2095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLACK ROCK CITY (88NV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7604&lon=-119.2095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78888, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78888) (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 0-360
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,244 total, 922 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170903017559I

## Narrative

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

WHEN LANDING, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AND NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG.  DURING HIS INSTRUMENT SCAN HE NOTED THAT # 2 CYLINDER WAS INDICATING COLD.  FULL MIXTURE WAS APPLIED AND THE PILOT MADE A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 23L.  THE PILOT'S ATTENTION WAS INTERRUPTED AND HE FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N78888 (2)

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

- [Incident 19841123070889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841123070889I), Nov 23, 1984: Mooney M20C (N78888), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. When brakes were applied on rollout gear collapsed. Manual extension handle had not been properly inserted in latch
- [Incident 19790728012709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728012709I), Jul 28, 1979: Mooney M20C (N78888), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear before landing.

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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