# Incident 20220708012079I: Mooney M20F, Edgewood, NM, July 8, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2022, 14:30 local time
- Place: Edgewood, NM
- Airport: Sandia Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0614° N, 106.1914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edgewood, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0614&lon=-106.1914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6476Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6476Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220708012079I

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other reports on N6476Q (3)

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

- [Incident 19990521015759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990521015759I), May 21, 1999: Mooney M20F (N6476Q), Moriarty, NM, Minor damage. On may 21, 1999, at approximately 1730 MDT, a MOONEY20, N6476Q, landed gear up during a proficiency training flight at the moriarity airport in moriarity, NM.…
- [Accident 19980524011059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980524011059A), May 24, 1998: Mooney M20F (N6476Q), Moriarty, NM, Substantial damage. Wind gust hit during flare. Right wing hit runway. Then left and right wheel prior stopping wrinkled wing. (-23) on may 24, 1998 at 11:50 MDT, a Mooney, M20F,…
- [Incident 19900928059059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900928059059I), Sep 28, 1990: Mooney M20F (N6476Q), Brady, TX. Engine quit. Dead stick landing at airport. NR3 connecting rod broke and destroyed engine.

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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