# Incident 20181230021849I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Henderson, NV, December 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Henderson, NV
- Airport: Henderson Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9729° N, 115.1344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENDERSON EXEC (HND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9729&lon=-115.1344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231GH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231GH) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181230021849I

## Narrative

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

ON 30 DECEMBER 2018 AT APPROXMATLLY 1400 A MOONEY M20K (N231GH) WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35L WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBOURNE, THEN STRUCK THE RUNWAY NOSE GEAR FIRST, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR AND MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO DEFECTS TO THE LANDING GEAR, EXTENSION/RETRACTION SYSTEM, OR THE DOWN LOCK.

IN A WRIITEN STATEMENT THE PILOT LATER STATED THAT THE TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL AND THE GEAR "JUST COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N231GH (1)

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

- [Incident 20170909017759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170909017759I), Sep 9, 2017: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231GH), Oxnard, CA, Minor damage. N231GH, a Mooney M20, landed gear-up on runway 25 at Oxnard Airport, Oxnard, California. The aircraft sustained minor damage, and no injuries were sustained by…

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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