# Incident 19891210065839I: Mooney M20K, Fort Worth, TX, December 10, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1989, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231BT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231BT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 35 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891210065839I

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE GEAR DOOR STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WHILE TAXIING INTO POSITION TO DEPART.

## Other reports on N231BT (2)

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

- [Incident 20130821016209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130821016209I), Aug 21, 2013: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231BT), Raymond, MS, Minor damage. Aircraft landed with the gear retracted causing minor damage to the propeller, belly, and engine.
- [Incident 20000502016009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000502016009I), May 2, 2000: Mooney M20K (N231BT), Roanoke, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On may 2, 2000, a Mooney M20K owned by pollard aircraft sales, piloted by [privacy data omitted], experienced smoke in the cockpit shortly after takeoff,…

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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