# NTSB MKC84LA082: Mooney MK20B, N74515, Pocahontas, AR, February 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1984, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Pocahontas, AR
- Coordinates: 36.260707, -90.959457 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2607&lon=-90.9595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33637
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33637/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA082

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,gear lever - unlocked (contributing factor)
  - gear down and locked - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDING GEAR RETRACTED DURING LANDING. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE MANUALLY ACTIVATED GEAR HANDLE POPPED OUT OF THE GEAR DOWN POSITION DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE PLT INDICATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS POSITIVELY IN THE DOWN LOCK POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N74515 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY MK20B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1905
- Airframe hours: 3643
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1D 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Roger Richard & D. Young
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 30, 1983, 240 hours before
- Departed: M70, POCAHONTAS, AR
- Airport: Pocahontas, runway 35, 3,000 × 2 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 87 total, 87 in this make and model, 87 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 16 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JBR, 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 19840215004469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840215004469A), Feb 15, 1984: Mooney M20B, Pocahontas, AR, Substantial damage. Landing gear collapsed on touchdown. No defects. Indicates pilot failed to lock manual gear handle in detente.

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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