# Incident 20010128002869I: Mooney M20D, Albany, NY, January 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2001, 14:44 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1923Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1923Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20D (registry code 5870210, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 405 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010128002869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON APPROACH FOR HEBER AIRPARK (K30) PILOT STATED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT THEN NOTIFIED THE ALBANY TOWER OF THE PROBLEM AND THE ALBANY TOWER ADVISED THE PILOT THAT HE SHOULD LAND AT THE ALBANY AIRPORT BECAUSE OF THE EMS PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE SHOULD HE NEED IT. THE PILOT AGREED AND PROCEEDED TO ALBANY AIRPORT TO ATTEMPT A LANDING WITH THE GEAR UP. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 28 AT THE ALBANY AIRPORT WITH NO INJURIES AND ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1923Y (2)

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

- [Incident 20090209001859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090209001859I), Feb 9, 2009: Mooney M20D (N1923Y), Mc Kinney, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On February 9, 2009 at approximately 1700 CST a Mooney M-20D N1923Y registered to [privacy data omitted], landed with the landing gear fully retracted at…
- [Incident 19940702027799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940702027799I), Jul 2, 1994: Mooney M20C (N1923Y), Ocean City, MD, Minor damage. Took off encountered low fog layer over Ocean. Disoriented turing back. Prop tips hit water. Returned to airport.

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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