20190112007569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Texarkana, AR · January 12, 2019

Date
January 12, 2019 · 12:24 local
Place
Texarkana, AR
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6872U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
8,962 total409 in this make and model117 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On January 12, 2019 at approximately 1224 CST, N6872U a Mooney M20C airplane, registered to privacy data omitted and operated by an airline transport pilot, departed tyler, TX (tyr) to Texarkana, AR (txk) on a VFR flight with ATC flight following, experienced a landing gear collapse during landing. On final approach to txk runway 31, landing gear was verified green light and flaps set for landing. Aircraft experienced some air turbulence prior to landing, upon touch down the landing gear extension control snapped out of the instrument panel lock and the landing gear collapsed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 12, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1224 CST, N6872U A MOONEY M20C AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, DEPARTED TYLER, TX (TYR) TO TEXARKANA, AR (TXK) ON A VFR FLIGHT WITH ATC FLIGHT FOLLOWING, EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING. ON FINAL APPROACH TO TXK RUNWAY 31, LANDING GEAR WAS VERIFIED GREEN LIGHT AND FLAPS SET FOR LANDING. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SOME AIR TURBULENCE PRIOR TO LANDING, UPON TOUCH DOWN THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CONTROL SNAPPED OUT OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LOCK AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.