# Incident 20230130000549I: Mooney M20D, Burlington, WA, January 30, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2023, 15:15 local time
- Place: Burlington, WA
- Airport: Skagit Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4705° N, 122.4217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKAGIT RGNL (BVS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4705&lon=-122.4217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6612U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6612U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20D (registry code 5870210, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,005 total, 679 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230130000549I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 30, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:15, THIS OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY THE WESTERN REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER WITH INFORMATION ON AN AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A 1963 MOONEY M20D SERIAL NUMBER 107.

THE OPERATIONS CENTER SENT AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/ INCIDENT PRELIMINARY NOTICE (FAA FORM 8020-9). IN THAT REPORT, IT STATED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HAD LANDED GEAR UP AT SKAGIT REGIONAL AIRPORT BVS. THE UNINJURED PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND. HE WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT ONBOARD AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

THIS OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY THE ROC AND PLACED INTO A CALL WITH THE NTSB ALONG WITH THE BVS AIRPORT MANAGER.

THE BVS AIRPORT MANAGER WAS AT THE SCENE AND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR DID NOT PROPERLY DEPLOY. HE SENT PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE NTSB AND THIS OFFICE. IT APPEARED IN THE PICTURES THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT IN THE DOWN POSITION.

THE PILOT IN COMMAND PROVIDED THIS OFFICE WITH A STATEMENT THAT LOOKING BACK HE BELIEVED THAT HE PROBABLY DID NOT RETRACT THE GEAR WHEN HE LEFT ANACORTES. SO, WHEN HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR, HE WENT FROM A LANDING GEAR DOWN TO A GEAR UP POSITION. HE STATED HE SHOULD’VE NOTED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE POSITION OF THE LEVER AND SHOULD HAVE REPEATED HIS CHECKLIST DURING BASE AND FINAL. HE ALSO ADDED HE SHOULD HAD PERFORMED A GO ROUND UNTIL HE HAD MORE CLARITY OF THE SITUATION.

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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