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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20A · Baltimore, MD · May 15, 2000

Date: May 15, 2000 · 20:30 local
Place: Baltimore, MD
Airport: Martin State Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6026X
Reported as: Mooney M20A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total500 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N6026XRegistration cancelled Jun 13, 2013 · Mooney M20AS/N 1614 · Built 1960 Airframe modelMooney M20A Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)On 05/15/00 privacy data omitted was acting as the pilot in command on a M-20-A N6026X, when he experienced a gear up landing at Martin State Airport in middle river, MD. privacy data omitted Stated that he had put the gear down and varified it with the green lights. He also stated that the gear folded upon touch down, he believes that the (jonhson bar) a mechanical lever used a lower and raise the landing gear, was not locked in the down position and sprung out of its locking mechanism upon touch down.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON 05/15/00 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS THE PILOT IN COMMAND ON A M-20-A N6026X, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A GEAR UP LANDING AT MARTIN STATE AIRPORT IN MIDDLE RIVER, MD. ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED THAT HE HAD PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND VARIFIED IT WITH THE GREEN LIGHTS. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE GEAR FOLDED UPON TOUCH DOWN, HE BELIEVES THAT THE (JONHSON BAR) A MECHANICAL LEVER USED A LOWER AND RAISE THE LANDING GEAR, WAS NOT LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION AND SPRUNG OUT OF ITS LOCKING MECHANISM UPON TOUCH DOWN.