# Incident 20220311003449I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Minden, NV, March 11, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2022, 16:04 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0005° N, 119.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN-TAHOE (MEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N305JC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,605 total, 79 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220311003449I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/11/2022 PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT DEPARTING AND ARRIVING AT MINDEN TAHOE AIRPORT (MEV).   AT APPROXAMATELY 1600 DURING  FIRST ATTEMPT OF FINAL APPROACH OF RWY 34 AT MEV GEAR DOWN WAS SELECTED.  ANNUNCIATOR PANEL REMAINED INDICATING "UNSAFE GEAR". PILOT CONDUCTED EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN PROCEDURES. ANNUNCIATOR PANEL CONTINUED TO INDICATE "UNSAFE GEAR".  GROUND OBSERVER GAVE VISION INDICATION GEAR WAS DOWN ON FIRST AND SECOND FINAL APPROACH.  LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ON RWY 34. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM FUSELAGE,  AND ALL THREE  PROPELLER BLADES  TIPS DAMAGED DUE TO ENGINE BEING UNDER POWER ON LANDING.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A POST-INCIDENT FIRE.

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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