# Incident 20000920030109I: Mooney M20J, Hot Springs, AR, September 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2000, 08:30 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201EQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201EQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 115 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000920030109I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SEPTEMBER 20, 20000, AT 0830 AM CDT, A MOONEY M20J, N201EQ, SERIAL NUMBER 24-0162, REGISTERED TO N201EQ, L.L.C., OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR DURING LANDING AT HOT SPRINGS MEMORIAL FIELD (HOT). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTATIAL DAMAGE TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS; THE RIGHT AND LEFT NOSE GEAR DOORS, TWO FORWARD UNDERCARRIAGE PANELS, THE LEFT OUTBOARD LOWER WING SKIN SECTION AND PITOT TUBE.  THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT BACK 3 TO 4 INCHES TO SUPPORT POSSIBLE SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE.  THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE NOT DAMAGED.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ACTIVE RUNWAY 23.  NO POST FIRE WAS ENCOUNTERED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTION WILL BE DETERMINED BY MAINTENANCE.  A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WILL BE EXCUTED TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE INTENDED MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

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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