# NTSB WPR21LA256: Mooney M20, N381KH, Nampa, ID, June 28, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 28, 2021, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC) - Place: Nampa, ID - Coordinates: 43.581341, -116.52306 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5813&lon=-116.5231&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 103395 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21LA256 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103395/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA256 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to use the landing checklist and to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Mooney M20M, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=5870222), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md) - [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Mooney M20M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=5870222), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Mooney M20M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030/cases.md?model=5870222), [All aircraft, 336 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Mooney M20M, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=5870222), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of a retractable landing gear-equipped airplane reported that, while maneuvering to avoid traffic for landing, he failed to complete the landing checklist and did not extend the landing gear. The airplane subsequently landed with the landing gear retracted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage undercarriage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N381KH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N381KH), registered now, S/N 27-0345, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MOONEY M20 (M) - Registry model: [Mooney M20M](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (registry code 5870222) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 27-0345 - Year built: 2005 - Airframe hours: 1186.6 - Engines: Lycoming TIO-540-AFIB 320 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Phoenix Fire Protection LLC - Registered owner: Phoenix Fire Protection LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 20, 2021, 27.9 hours before - Departed: RDM, Redmond, OR - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: MAN, Nampa Municipal, runway 11, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 52; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review March 26, 2021; seat: left; flight hours: 1,009.8 total, 242.2 in this make and model, 928.1 as pilot in command, 25.2 in the last 90 days, 17.6 in the last 30 days, 2.6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 32 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: KMAN ## 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 20210628011019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210628011019A), Jun 28, 2021: Mooney M20M, Nampa, ID, Substantial damage. Pilot and one passenger departed redmond, or (rdm) at 925 MDT enroute to Nampa, ID (man). While practicing an instrument approach to runway 11, and while on an… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.