# Incident 20001218024039I: Mooney M20E, Fort Myers, FL, December 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2000, 20:30 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: North Captiva Air Inc Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1936Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1936Y-2001-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,287 total, 492 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001218024039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 18, 2000, AT APPROX. 2030 LOCAL, A MOONEY M-20 E, N1936Y, REGISTERED TO^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^LANDED IN THE WATER OFF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AT UPPER CAPTIVA ISLAND (4X2) FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN OR WEATHER BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED. THE A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED. THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH SINGLE AND MULTI-ENGINE PRIVILEGES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PAIGE FIELD IN FT. MYERS, FLORIDA AT APPROX. 2015 LOCAL ON THIS SAME DATE.

## Other reports on N1936Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19871005074829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871005074829I), Oct 5, 1987: Mooney M20E (N1936Y), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Propeller separated from engine on takeoff roll. Aborted. Six attach bolts sheared off. Corrosion on attach bolts.
- [Incident 19800301029079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800301029079I), Mar 1, 1980: Mooney M20E (N1936Y), Hugoton, KS, Minor damage. Cold weather takeoff, cold engine, ran rough after takeoff. Pilot returned to airport. No deficiencies found.

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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