# Incident 20221119018139I: Mooney M20E, Hays, KS, November 19, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2022, 13:35 local time
- Place: Hays, KS
- Airport: Hays Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8422° N, 99.2732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAYS RGNL (HYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8422&lon=-99.2732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22VA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22VA-2024-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 512 total, 4 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221119018139I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED AT THE TIME OF THE INTERVIEW DURING THE INVESTIGATING. THAT THE INITIAL DESCENT AND TRAFFIC PATTERN TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING WAS NORMAL. HE PROCEEDED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING. UPON THE EXTENSION, THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION BAR WAS NOT FULLY LOCKED INTO PLACE FOR THE LANDING. THE PILOT HAD INTENTIONS TO LATER COME BACK TO THE LANDING GEAR OPERATION BAR, AND TO FULLY LOCK IT INTO PLACE. WHICH WOULD HAVE LOCKED THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. BEING BUSY WITH ITEMS BEFORE THE LANDING. THE PILOT, FAILED TO REMEMBER, AND VERIFY THAT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION BAR WAS LOCKED FOR LANDING. UPON TOUCH DOWN, WITHOUT THE GEAR NOT BEING LOCKED INTO PLACE, THE LANDING GEAR COLAPSED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT UPON TOUCHDOWN.

THE PILOT, NOR THE PASSENGER IN THE AIRCRAFT, AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT, RECIEVED ANY INJURIES. THROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE EVENT, THE PILOTS COMPETENCE WAS NOT IN QUESTION.

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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