# Incident 20180317002869I: Mooney M20C, Owosso, MI, March 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2018, 14:45 local time
- Place: Owosso, MI
- Airport: Owosso
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9953° N, 84.1758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Owosso, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9953&lon=-84.1758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1373W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1373W) (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 O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 380 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180317002869I

## Narrative

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

PIC CLAIMS HE LOWERED LANDING GEAR IN DOWNWIND, THEN UNCONSIOUSLLY RAISED GEAR AT SOME POINT BUT CAN'T REMEMBER DOING IT, HE WAS TRYING TO DRAIN FUEL FROM RT TANK FOR A REPAIR AND BECAME DISTRACTED, RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EXAMINED  WITH MINIMAL FUEL AND THE LEFT TANK WAS NEARLY FULL.

## Other reports on N1373W (1)

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

- [Incident 20150602007429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150602007429I), Jun 2, 2015: Mooney M20C (N1373W), Alma, MI, Minor damage. Pilot reported he was distracted by a map gauge indicator and failed to extend the landing gear, and landed on runway 36.

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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