# Incident 20200426003509I: Mooney M20C, Tracy, MN, April 26, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2020, 17:30 local time
- Place: Tracy, MN
- Airport: Tracy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2492° N, 95.6072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRACY MUNI (TKC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2492&lon=-95.6072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6863U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6863U) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200426003509I

## Narrative

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

2020-04-26 GEAR COLLAPSED ON RUNWAY 11 AFTER LANDING AT KTKC

THE PIC WAS OUT AT HIS LOCAL AIRPORT DOING PATTERN WORK WITH HIS FATHER ON BOARD.  THIS WAS HIS FIFTH LANDING OF THE DAY.  HE WAS RAISING AND LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR FOR THE LANDINGS.  THIS AIRCRAFT HAS A MANUAL RETRACTABLE GEAR SYSTEM THROUGH THE USE OF A JOHNSON/J-BAR IN THE COCKPIT.

THE PIC RECALLS PUSHING THE J-BAR INTO THE UPLOCK BLOCK AND CHECKING THE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHT.  ON TOUCHDOWN ROLL THEY HIT A HARD BUMP IN THE PAVEMENT.  AT THAT POINT THE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE PROPS HIT THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY PROVIDING SOME SKIN DAMAGE TO BELLY, NOSE GEAR DOORS, LEFT FLAP AND RIGHT STEP.  ULTIMATELY THE AIRCRAFT ,DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE WHERE IT WAS SHUTDOWN AND CAME TO REST.  SLIDING OFF THE RUNWAY THE LEFT WING TIP AREA IMPACTED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT DENTING THE WING.

SCAR MARKS WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE PIC NARRATIVE AND SHOWED AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED A 1-2 INCH WIDE AND 1-2 INCH DEEP CRACK THAT HAD A COMPLETE PERPENDICULAR SPAN OF THIS RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS STACKED HOCKEY PUCKS FOR SUSPENSION SO IT IS VERY STIFF.  THE EDGES OF THE GEAR DOORS SHOWED SCRAPING CONSISTENT WITH A COLLAPSE.  PROPS STARTED STRIKING THE PAVEMENT WITHIN TWO BODY LENGTHS OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER HITTING THE CRACK.

## Other reports on N6863U (1)

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

- [Incident 19870616036099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870616036099I), Jun 16, 1987: Mooney M20C (N6863U), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft was landed with the gear retracted.

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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