- Date
- February 21, 1984, 16:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6518UMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840221003789A
- Case key
- 24178
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Gear extension - not performedCause
Wheels up landing - inadvertentCause
Terrain condition - runway
Analysis
The plt reported that he failed to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown. Subsequently, the acft was damaged during a wheels up landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6518U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MARK 21 M20C
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert S. Kellogg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1983
- Departed
- P16 · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- SDL · Scottsdale, runway 21, 8,250 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,020 total · 52 in this make and model · 864 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6518U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.