# Incident 20221116017559I: Mooney M20C, Lamar, CO, November 16, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2022, 12:50 local time
- Place: Lamar, CO
- Airport: Lamar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0760° N, 102.6147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lamar, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0760&lon=-102.6147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6696U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6696U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,229 total, 290 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221116017559I

## Narrative

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

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".

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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