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FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Longmont, CO · February 15, 2019

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Date
February 15, 2019 · 10:20 local
Place
Longmont, CO
Airport
Vance Brand
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3SY
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,020 total900 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days
N3SYRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 670016 · Built 1967Airframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Per the pic's statement :

"I was doing touch and go's on RW29 at klmo and performed three successful ones. On the third, there was a plane on rw 29 departing which delayed their takeoff while I was turning base to final. They were well off the runway by the time I was landing. However, after my touch and go they were quite a bit slower than me and were in my flight path as they climbed out. Focused on them, I must have not put up my gear up. When on downwind, I believe I performed a gumps check and physically moved the johnson bar (gear retraction method) however now retracting it. The gear is moved by a manual bar (johnson bar). On final I did not recheck the gear and did not observe the light nor hear the audable alarm when power was at idle. Winds were a bit turbulent and I must have been focused on controling the aircraft instead of double checking the gear. Also had power until the flare so I don't know if the alarm would have gone off until too late. I then landed without the gear extended. "

As the FAA filed it

PER THE PIC'S STATEMENT :

"I WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO'S ON RW29 AT KLMO AND PERFORMED THREE SUCCESSFUL ONES. ON THE THIRD, THERE WAS A PLANE ON RW 29 DEPARTING WHICH DELAYED THEIR TAKEOFF WHILE I WAS TURNING BASE TO FINAL. THEY WERE WELL OFF THE RUNWAY BY THE TIME I WAS LANDING. HOWEVER, AFTER MY TOUCH AND GO THEY WERE QUITE A BIT SLOWER THAN ME AND WERE IN MY FLIGHT PATH AS THEY CLIMBED OUT. FOCUSED ON THEM, I MUST HAVE NOT PUT UP MY GEAR UP. WHEN ON DOWNWIND, I BELIEVE I PERFORMED A GUMPS CHECK AND PHYSICALLY MOVED THE JOHNSON BAR (GEAR RETRACTION METHOD) HOWEVER NOW RETRACTING IT. THE GEAR IS MOVED BY A MANUAL BAR (JOHNSON BAR). ON FINAL I DID NOT RECHECK THE GEAR AND DID NOT OBSERVE THE LIGHT NOR HEAR THE AUDABLE ALARM WHEN POWER WAS AT IDLE. WINDS WERE A BIT TURBULENT AND I MUST HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON CONTROLING THE AIRCRAFT INSTEAD OF DOUBLE CHECKING THE GEAR. ALSO HAD POWER UNTIL THE FLARE SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE ALARM WOULD HAVE GONE OFF UNTIL TOO LATE. I THEN LANDED WITHOUT THE GEAR EXTENDED. "