Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3; Flight Crew Total 300; Flight Crew Type 150
Training / Qualification; Confusion
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
Landing gear collapse on landing. It is possible the gear was not locked in the down position. On contact with the runway they retracted. This plane has manual gear lever. The gear is spring loaded and with a bounce it retracted. Minimal damage to aircraft; landing gear collapsed on landing.
A 1964 M20C with a manual landing hear lever landed gear up after the gear retracted following a bounced landing.