# Incident 19991228036219I: Mooney M20K, Fuquay/Varina, NC, December 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Fuquay/Varina, NC
- Airport: Fuquay/Angier Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5433° N, 78.7505° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FUQUAY/ANGIER FLD (78NC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5433&lon=-78.7505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231CJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231CJ) (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: 2,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991228036219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. POOLE WAS LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRFIELD (4WE) ON RUNWAY 14.  MR. POOLE NEGLECTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR.  THE PROPELLER WAS THE FIRST TO STRIKE THE GROUND LEAVING AT LEAST 4 DIAGONAL MARKS.  THE FUSELAGE THEN SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY LEAVING SCRAPE MARKS FROM THE ANTENNAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE MARKS EXTEND 100 YARDS DOWN THE RUNWAY TO THE POINT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED.  THE ROD THAT OPERATED THE DOWNLOCK SWITCH WAS BENT DURING LANDING AND CAUSED THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER TO POP AFTER THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED.  THE ROD WAS STRAIGHTENED FOR TROUBLESHOOTING AND THE GEAR FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.  THE ONLY MALFUNCTION THAT COULD BE IDENTIFIED WAS THAT THE GEAR EXTENSION WARNING HORN WAS INOPERATIVE.

## Other reports on N231CJ (1)

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

- [Accident 19810503084469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810503084469A), May 3, 1981: Mooney M20K (N231CJ), Churchville, MD, Substantial damage. Engine failed and aircraft crashed during attempted emergency landing on airport.

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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