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FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Wichita, KS · June 25, 2019

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Date
June 25, 2019 · 17:43 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N358W
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
970 total359 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days
N358WRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 3417 · Built 1966Airframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On June 24, 2019 at approximately 1743 local time, a private pilot privacy data omitted landing a Mooney M20C at colonel james jabara airport on runway 18 with the landing gear in the retracted position.

The airman completed a touch and go and planned to stay in the traffic pattern to practice more landings. On the upwind leg of the next touch and go the airman was distracted by possible conflicting air traffic during climb-out the pilot neglected to retract the landing gear after takeoff.

On the downwind leg while preparing to land, the pilot inadvertently retracted the already-extended landing gear. The pilot failed to use the printed checklist, instead relying on a mnemonic device and the ?feel? Of the manual landing gear lever to assume that the landing gear was extended and locked, ignoring the landing gear position indicator lights.

The distraction, lack of proper checklist usage, and failing to verify landing gear position with the position indicator lights, resulted in the pilot landing with the landing gear in the retracted position.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 24, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1743 LOCAL TIME, A PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDING A MOONEY M20C AT COLONEL JAMES JABARA AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 18 WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

THE AIRMAN COMPLETED A TOUCH AND GO AND PLANNED TO STAY IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO PRACTICE MORE LANDINGS. ON THE UPWIND LEG OF THE NEXT TOUCH AND GO THE AIRMAN WAS DISTRACTED BY POSSIBLE CONFLICTING AIR TRAFFIC DURING CLIMB-OUT THE PILOT NEGLECTED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF.

ON THE DOWNWIND LEG WHILE PREPARING TO LAND, THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE ALREADY-EXTENDED LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT FAILED TO USE THE PRINTED CHECKLIST, INSTEAD RELYING ON A MNEMONIC DEVICE AND THE ?FEEL? OF THE MANUAL LANDING GEAR LEVER TO ASSUME THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND LOCKED, IGNORING THE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS.

THE DISTRACTION, LACK OF PROPER CHECKLIST USAGE, AND FAILING TO VERIFY LANDING GEAR POSITION WITH THE POSITION INDICATOR LIGHTS, RESULTED IN THE PILOT LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.