What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On July 8, 2022, at 1430 MST, a Mooney, privacy data omitted, M20F, privacy data omitted, while landing on rwy 9 the gear collapsed at Edgewood, NM, while on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft had minor damage, and the certificated ATP pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Edgewood, NM (1N1).
Pilot stated while landing the aircraft on touchdown the johnson bar disengaged and the landing gear retracted into the airframe, the propeller contacted the runway and bottom of the aircraft scraped until the aircraft came to rested to the grass left of the runway. Investigation revealed that the aircraft porpoised upon touchdown multiple times and the landing gear retracted resulting in a gear up landing.
Pilot was counseled on verifing that the johnson bar is engaged and locked position prior to landing.
Root cause analysts: pilot failed to verify the johnson bar was engaged and locked due to complacency.
As the FAA filed it
ON JULY 8, 2022, AT 1430 MST, A MOONEY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, M20F, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE LANDING ON RWY 9 THE GEAR COLLAPSED AT EDGEWOOD, NM, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED ATP PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EDGEWOOD, NM (1N1).
PILOT STATED WHILE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ON TOUCHDOWN THE JOHNSON BAR DISENGAGED AND THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED INTO THE AIRFRAME, THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT SCRAPED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO RESTED TO THE GRASS LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED UPON TOUCHDOWN MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.
PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON VERIFING THAT THE JOHNSON BAR IS ENGAGED AND LOCKED POSITION PRIOR TO LANDING.
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSTS: PILOT FAILED TO VERIFY THE JOHNSON BAR WAS ENGAGED AND LOCKED DUE TO COMPLACENCY.
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