20221116017559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Lamar, CO · November 16, 2022

Date
November 16, 2022 · 12:50 local
Place
Lamar, CO
Airport
Lamar
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6696U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,229 total290 in this make and model111 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 16, 2022 at approximately 1250 MST aircraft privacy data omitted landed with the landing gear in the retracted position on rwy 36 at laa during a part 91 personal flight originating from cos. The pilot thought he ran his gumps (gas, undercarriage, mixture, propeller, switches and seat belts) checklist, but in hindsight, admitted he failed to do so effectively and added that the johnson bar style landing gear handle was not in the extended position. He is confident there wasn’t a mechanical failure and no related maintenance was performed on the aircraft prior to the flight.

There were no passengers onboard and the pilot was not injured. There was damage to both prop tips, the bottom of the fuselage was scuffed and the RH step was also damaged. The aircraft was removed from the runway and is currently awaiting repairs. The NTSB has classified this as an incident with "less than substantial damage".

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 16, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 MST AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON RWY 36 AT LAA DURING A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM COS. THE PILOT THOUGHT HE RAN HIS GUMPS (GAS, UNDERCARRIAGE, MIXTURE, PROPELLER, SWITCHES AND SEAT BELTS) CHECKLIST, BUT IN HINDSIGHT, ADMITTED HE FAILED TO DO SO EFFECTIVELY AND ADDED THAT THE JOHNSON BAR STYLE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT IN THE EXTENDED POSITION. HE IS CONFIDENT THERE WASN’T A MECHANICAL FAILURE AND NO RELATED MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.

THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO BOTH PROP TIPS, THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE WAS SCUFFED AND THE RH STEP WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND IS CURRENTLY AWAITING REPAIRS. THE NTSB HAS CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN INCIDENT WITH "LESS THAN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE".