# Incident 19970514010739I: Mooney M20K, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1997, 18:00 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Airport: Myrtle Beach Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7104° N, 78.8860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7104&lon=-78.8860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231DW) (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: 650 total, 360 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970514010739I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING, BUT THE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED ABRAISION DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN, LEFT WING TIP, GEAR DOORS, AND THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE CURLED AFT. A RETRACTION TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT THE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DUE TO DAMAGED GEAR PARTS. WITNESS STATEMENTS AGREE WITH THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N231DW (1)

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

- [Accident 20200503005449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200503005449A), May 3, 2020: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231DW), Athens, GA, Substantial damage. On may 3, 2020 at approximately 11:00EST N231DW s/n 25-0144, a 1979 Mooney M20K was conducting a VFR flight from peachtree-dekalb airport (kpdk) to Athens, GA…

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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