# Incident 20000515016829I: Mooney M20A, Baltimore, MD, May 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2000, 20:30 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Martin State Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3257° N, 76.4138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTIN STATE (MTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3257&lon=-76.4138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6026X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6026X-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000515016829I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.