# Incident 20190703009119I: Mooney M20C, Winnemucca, NV, July 3, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2019, 09:30 local time
- Place: Winnemucca, NV
- Airport: Winnemuccca
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9644° N, 117.7246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winnemucca, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9644&lon=-117.7246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5772Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5772Q) (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: 1,140 total, 400 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190703009119I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING PRACTICE FOR A SHORT FIELD LANDING PILOT STATED HE DID NOT DOUBLE CHECK THAT HE HAD PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE FULLY IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. DURING TOUCH DOWN THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE POPPED OUT OF ITS DOWN LOCK AND THE LANDING GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO ITS BELLY AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N5772Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19991010031349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991010031349I), Oct 10, 1999: Mooney M20C (N5772Q), Blackfoot, ID, Minor damage. (-23) Michael p. johjnson was doing a series of touch and go landings at the Blackfoot, Idaho airport when the nose of the aircraft swung to the right and the…

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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