# Incident 20190215016869I: Mooney M20E, Longmont, CO, February 15, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2019, 10:20 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Vance Brand
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1644° N, 105.1636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANCE BRAND (LMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1644&lon=-105.1636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3SY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3SY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,020 total, 900 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190215016869I

## Narrative

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

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. "

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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