# Incident 20180329000169I: Mooney M20B, Hillsboro, OR, March 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2018, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Hillsboro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5253° N, 122.9364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hillsboro, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5253&lon=-122.9364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74513, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74513) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (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 M20B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,713 total, 250 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180329000169I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 LCL, A STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE CONDUCTING FLIGHT TRAINING AT PORTLAND-HILLSBORO AIRPORT.  UPON THE FIRST LANDING OF THE DAY, WHILE ROLLING OUT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED STRIKING THE PROP FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN GEAR RETRACTING.  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 180 YARDS UNTIL COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

PRIOR TO LANDING, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED HE VISUALLY OBSERVED THE STUDENT EXTEND THE MANUAL LANDING GEAR VIA THE ?JOHNSON BAR?, AND HE OBSERVED THE STUDENT ?PULL ON THE J BAR? TO ENSURE GEAR HANDLE WAS SECURED.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT EACH STATED THEY BOTH OBSERVED THE ?LANDING GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT" ILLUMINATED.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THE STUDENT MADE A ?NORMAL? LANDING, MAKING CONTACT WITH ALL THREE LANDING GEAR, AND ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 YARDS BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSING.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SITE REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR  HANDLE, (?J BAR?) WAS OUT OF THE GEAR DOWN LOCK  BLOCK AND ALMOST TO THE ?GEAR UP? POSITION.  THE LANDING GEAR ALSO APPEARED TO BE PARTIALLY EXTENDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.  SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION AFTER AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PLACED ON JACKS REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE BELLY SKINS, FLAP AND PROPELLER BUT NO DAMAGE TO THE GEAR LINKAGE WAS OBSERVED. GEAR APPEARED TO STILL FUNCTIONAL AND LINKAGE APPEARED TO BE OVERCENTER WHEN J BAR WAS SECURED IN BLOCK.

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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