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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Ruston, LA · July 7, 2000

Date
July 7, 2000 · 07:30 local
Place
Ruston, LA
Airport
Ruston Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N118RC
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total150 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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)Aircraft landing gear collapsed on roll out of landing. Pilot stated that gear was down and had a green light that landing gear was down and locked. Eyewitness reported that gear was down during approach. The belly of the aircraft was damaged and both propellers blades contacted the runway, curling them.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT OF LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT GEAR WAS DOWN AND HAD A GREEN LIGHT THAT LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. EYEWITNESS REPORTED THAT GEAR WAS DOWN DURING APPROACH. THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED AND BOTH PROPELLERS BLADES CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, CURLING THEM.