# Incident 19970524014709I: Mooney M20E, Smoketown, PA, May 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Smoketown, PA
- Airport: Smoketown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0416° N, 76.2019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMOKETOWN (S37), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0416&lon=-76.2019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415SJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 550 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970524014709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BRANDYWINE AIRPORT, BRANDYWINE, PA WITH 1 PASSENGER ENROUTE TO SMOKETOWN AIRPORT, SMOKETOWN, PA. PILOT STATED THAT HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 28 AT SMOKETOWN AIRPORT, SMOKETOWN, PA AND WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS COMMUNICATING WITH HIM AND CAUSED A DISTRACTION. THE AIRCRAFT GEAR WARNING SOUNDED AT 2100 RPM'S AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE OPERATIONALLY IN GOOD ORDER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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