# Incident 20000502016009I: Mooney M20K, Roanoke, TX, May 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Northwest Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0147° N, 97.2290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0147&lon=-97.2290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231BT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231BT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360GB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000502016009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 2, 2000, A MOONEY M20K OWNED BY POLLARD AIRCRAFT SALES, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA^, EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING BACK ON THE AIRPORT DURING A PART 91 FLIGHT. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR DID NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERICAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, NUMBER ^PRIVACY D^.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NORTHWEST REGIONAL (52F) ON MAY 2, 2000 AT 1300.

## Other reports on N231BT (2)

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

- [Incident 20130821016209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130821016209I), Aug 21, 2013: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231BT), Raymond, MS, Minor damage. Aircraft landed with the gear retracted causing minor damage to the propeller, belly, and engine.
- [Incident 19891210065839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891210065839I), Dec 10, 1989: Mooney M20K (N231BT), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Airplane gear door struck a runway light while taxiing into position to depart.

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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