# NTSB DEN00LA142: Mooney M20E, N5775Q, Canon City, CO, July 29, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 29, 2000, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Canon City, CO
- Location: 38.4286° N, 105.1069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREMONT COUNTY (1V6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4286&lon=-105.1069&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49864
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49864/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA142

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a wheels up landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Wheels up landing, landing
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot said that while performing a landing, she forgot to put the landing gear down, and the airplane landed wheels up.  Three fuselage formers were abraded and required replacement.

## Factual narrative

On July 29, 2000, approximately 1000 mountain daylight time, a Mooney M20E, N5775Q, was substantially damaged following a wheels up landing at Fremont County Airport, Canon City, Colorado.  The private pilot, the sole occupant aboard the airplane, was not injured.  The airplane was being operated by the pilot under Title 14 CFR Part 91.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight that originated approximately 1 hour before the accident.  No flight plan had been filed.

The pilot said that while performing a touch and go landing, she forgot to put the landing gear down.  Three fuselage formers were abraded and required replacement.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5775Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5775Q), registered now, S/N 746, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Mooney M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 746
- Airframe hours: 3846
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-A1A 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John W. Bradford Jr., Co Trust
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 7, 2000, 61 hours before
- Departed: 1V6
- Airport: 1V6, Fremont County Airport, runway 29, 5,400 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,374 total, 356 in this make and model, 1,232 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: COS, 28 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000729011989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000729011989A), Jul 29, 2000: Mooney M20E, Canon City, CO, No damage. (-23) On July 29, 2000, approximately 1000 MDT, a Mooney M20E, N5775Q, was substantially damaged following a gear up landing. The pilot and sole occupant…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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