# Incident 20200805009479I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20S, Colorado Spring, CO, August 5, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2020, 10:00 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21737, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21737) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20S (registry code 5870226, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20S
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200805009479I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 5, 2020, 1000AM LOCAL TIME, MOONEY M-20S, N21737 SUFFERED A PARTIAL GEAR-UP LANDING ON RWY 17L AT COS. THERE WERE TWO CREWMWMBERS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. NTSB ASSESSED AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AS MINOR.

## Other reports on N21737 (1)

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

- [Accident 20030601018789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030601018789A), Jun 1, 2003: Mooney M20S (N21737), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) Flared too high in landing and bounced twice. Unable to control aircraft during go-around attempt. Ran off runway.

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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