# NTSB LAX84LA190: Mooney M20C, N6518U, Scottsdale, AZ, February 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1984, 16:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.319927, -111.870246 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3199&lon=-111.8702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24178/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA190

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6518U), registered now, S/N 2301 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MARK 21 M20C
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840221003789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840221003789A), Feb 21, 1984: Mooney M20C, Scottsdale, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot failed to lower gear prior to touchdown.

## Other investigations on N6518U (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC67D0489](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC67D0489), Mar 19, 1967: Mooney M20C (N6518U), Wichita, KS, substantial damage

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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