# Incident 20000620032279I: Mooney M20F, Wilkes-Barre, PA, June 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2000, 11:20 local time
- Place: Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Airport: Wilkes Barre-Wyoming Valley Ar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2466° N, 75.8757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilkes-Barre, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2466&lon=-75.8757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3277F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3277F-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000620032279I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT DEPARTED FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK (FRG) AT 1015 AM ON JUNE 20, 2000, VFR TO WILKED-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY AIRPORT (WBW). UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 07, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND ENDED UP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS.  THE PILOT WAS OBSERVED ON LANDING OF NOT KEEPING THE AIRCRAFT PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, THUS CREATING A SIDE LOAD ON THE LEFT GEAR, CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N3277F (1)

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

- [Incident 20170706015269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170706015269I), Jul 6, 2017: Mooney M20F (N3277F), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. On July 6, 2017, at 0705 MST, a 1967 Mooney M20F, N3277F, registered to [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data…

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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