# Accident 20200214002559A: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Minden, NV, February 14, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2020, 13:41 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9983° N, 119.7522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9983&lon=-119.7522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231VM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231VM-2023-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200214002559A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE CHECK LIST PRIOR TO LANDING.  HE STATED SOMEONE OVER THE RADIO TOLD HIM THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND HE PLACED THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT STALLING AND SETTLING ONTO THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRFRAME. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE WINGS, AILERON, AND PROPELLER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR20CA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA102), Feb 14, 2020: Mooney M20K (N231VM), Minden, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to complete a before landing checklist, which resulted in his delayed extension of the landing gear, and his subsequent exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack,…

## Other reports on N231VM (1)

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

- [Incident 20020810022739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020810022739I), Aug 10, 2002: Mooney M20K (N231VM), Sequim, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Delray hawkes, pilot of a Mooney N231VM, failed to lower the landing gear and landed gear up at the Sequim Valley Airport, Sequim WA. Statemtent from…

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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