# Incident 20190625007989I: Mooney M20C, Wichita, KS, June 25, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2019, 17:43 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N358W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N358W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 970 total, 359 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190625007989I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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