# Incident 19960913035319I: Mooney M20K, Tampa, FL, September 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1996, 17:34 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Vandenberg Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4983E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4983E-2013-01-02) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960913035319I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1996, AT 17:34 EDT, MR. JOSEPH A. FINAN, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NO.1283606, EXECUTED A LANDING WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AT THE VANDENBERG AIRPORT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. MR. FINAN WAS FLYING HIS MOONEY M-231, N4983E. MR. FINAN IS THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING INCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT, MR. FINAN, STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO CHECK AND EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. POST FLIGHT MECHANICAL INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY MR. DON DODGE, OF DODGE AIRCRAFT AT VANDENBERGE AIRPORT, REVEALED NO MALFUNCTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4983E (2)

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

- [Incident 20080128013299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080128013299I), Jan 28, 2008: Mooney M20K (N4983E), Cedar Key, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On January 27, 2008, at 10:30 local time a Mooney, M20K registered to house cycle world, inc. collided with the ground on a hard landing at Cedar Key…
- [Incident 20060319005779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060319005779I), Mar 19, 2006: Mooney M20K (N4983E), Zephyrhills, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On Sunday March 19, 2006 at 13:55 EST, a Mooney M-20, N498E, registered to house cycle world, inc. tampa, Florida, collided with the runway on landing at…

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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