# Incident 20240513007149I: Mooney M20C, Watkins, CO, May 13, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2024, 14:03 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Front Range
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6984° N, 104.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watkins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6984&lon=-104.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1376W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1376W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240513007149I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 13TH 2024 AT FRONT RANGE AIRPORT A STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS OVERDUE FOR AN BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW WENT OUT ON A FLIGHT WITH A CFI FOR REVIEW AND TRAINING ON THE MOONEY LANDING GEAR OPERATION. FLIGHT WENT AS PLANNED AND UPON APPROACH THE CFI STATED THAT HE PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN BUT COULD NOT RECALL IF HE MADE SURE IT WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON RUNWAY 26. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO BE MOVED THE MAINTENANCE TEAM PUT THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS AND THE LANDING GEAR LOWERED IMMEDIATELY. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUES WITH THE LANDING GEAR.

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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