# Incident 20000705034289I: Mooney M20F, Wilmington, DE, July 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2000, 21:23 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: Greater Wilmington-New Castle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7357&lon=-75.5321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22NS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22NS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000705034289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AT 2123, N22NS, A MOONEY-20-F, DIVERTED AND LANDED WITH ITS LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 14 @ WILMINGTON, DE, (ILG), AFTER REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CREW COMPARTMENT. THE ARFF RESPONDED, THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OWNER/OPERATOR, THE SOLE OCCUPANT.  DURING INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLEY AND THE PROPELLER SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N22NS (1)

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

- [Incident 20100919044989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100919044989I), Sep 19, 2010: Mooney M20F (N22NS), West Chester, PA, Minor damage. Pilot of N22NS, stated he had landed long on runway 27 (3347 feet in length and 50 feet wide). Skid marks started 375 feet from the end of the runway and…

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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