# Incident 19870426015419I: Mooney M20K, East Stroudsbur, PA, April 26, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1987, 10:45 local time
- Place: East Stroudsbur, PA
- Airport: Birchwood Pocono
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0643° N, 75.2521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Birchwood-Pocono Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0643&lon=-75.2521&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231LK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231LK-2007-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,705 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870426015419I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MAIN LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT. FOUND MISRIGGING OF THE DOWNLOCK MICRO SWITCH.

## Other reports on N231LK (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040812019319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040812019319A), Aug 12, 2004: Mooney M20K (N231LK), Marthas Vineyar, MA, Destroyed. (-23) Untermeyer stated that he completed an IFR flight from kpne and was downwind on a visual approach for runway 24 at mvy. He reported that he was asked by…
- [Incident 19871203075379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871203075379I), Dec 3, 1987: Mooney M20K (N231LK), Lumberton, NJ, Minor damage. Forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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