# Incident 20000316020249I: Mooney M20J, Fort Smith, AR, March 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2000, 13:39 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201WB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201WB-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 875 total, 500 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000316020249I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MARCH 16, 2000, AT 1339 CST, A MOONEY M20J, N201WB, SERIAL NUMBER 24-0107, REISTERED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE OWNER UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, LOST POWER DURING CLIMB AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING SHORT OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AT FORT SMITH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FSM).  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  DURING INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MAIN FUEL CELLS HAD EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER IN THE MAIN FUEL CELLS.  THE LOCATION OF THE FUEL SUMPS WERE IN QUESTION BECAUSE THSES SUMP DRAINS WERE NOT ADEQUATELY REMOVING THE WATER ACCUMULSATION.  A 2277CE HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SB.-0N100.

## Other reports on N201WB (1)

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

- [Incident 19950825031939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950825031939I), Aug 25, 1995: Mooney M20J (N201WB), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. Selected gear down for landing but failed to confirm. Landed gear up. Dead spot on gear motor.

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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