A mooney M20 pilot suffered the collapse of all three landing gear following a bounced landing. It i...

Attributes
ACN	977185
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Vectors Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 16.7 Flight Crew Total 938.2 Flight Crew Type 66
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

I wanted to land long and get off at [taxiway] charlie so the plane behind me could land. I put the down the gear about three miles out.when I touched down I bounced so I added a little power. As I did so I felt--or heard--or saw--something [move] under my right hand that was on the throttle. (The mooney has manual gear). As the plane settled back to the runway I heard the bottom of the plane contact the runway and the gear horn came on. As the plane slowed the nose came down and I watched the propeller get shorter.the tower called and asked if I was all right. I said yes; but there was smoke under the dash; I turned off the master and the fuel pump and got out of the plane. I spoke to the tower from the runway on my hand held and confirmed that I was all right. By then the airport's fire truck pulled up; but there was no fire. The FBO's truck took me back to the FBO.the FAA is still in touch with my mechanic to put the plane on jack to see if there was a mechanical failure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Mooney M20 pilot suffered the collapse of all three landing gear following a bounced landing. It is possible the manual gear extension lever became unrestrained following the bounce.

Narrative: I wanted to land long and get off at [Taxiway] Charlie so the plane behind me could land. I put the down the gear about three miles out.When I touched down I bounced so I added a little power. As I did so I felt--or heard--or saw--something [move] under my right hand that was on the throttle. (The Mooney has manual gear). As the plane settled back to the runway I heard the bottom of the plane contact the runway and the gear horn came on. As the plane slowed the nose came down and I watched the propeller get shorter.The Tower called and asked if I was all right. I said yes; but there was smoke under the dash; I turned off the master and the fuel pump and got out of the plane. I spoke to the Tower from the runway on my hand held and confirmed that I was all right. By then the airport's fire truck pulled up; but there was no fire. The FBO's truck took me back to the FBO.The FAA is still in touch with my Mechanic to put the plane on jack to see if there was a mechanical failure.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A mooney M20 pilot suffered the collapse of all three landing gear following a bounced landing. It is possible the manual gear extension lever became unrestrained following the bounce.