# Incident 20010717021549I: Mooney M20J, Coolin, ID, July 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2001, 06:30 local time
- Place: Coolin, ID
- Airport: Cavanaugh Bay Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5187° N, 116.8222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAVANAUGH BAY (66S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5187&lon=-116.8222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201RR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201RR) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010717021549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF FROM CAVANAUGH BAY AIRPORT AT 0630 AM LOCAL TIME AND RAN ACROSS SOME BARE SPOTS IN THE GRASS AFTER A RUN OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. RIGHT AFTER PASSING THESE 1.5" DEEP BUT FLAT SPOTS, THE GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR. HE SAID HE WALKED THE AREA AFTER THE INCIDENT AND SAW PROPELLER STRIKES IN THE GRASS AHEAD OF WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED AND THINKS THE NOSE GEAR LINKAGE FAILED AND INITIATED THE COLLAPSE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR FOREWARD LEFT HAND PUSH PULL ROD END BEARING FAILED. ALSO, THE NOSE GEAR TRUSS ASSEMBLY RIGHT HAND ATTACHMENT FOR THE RIGHT HAND PUSH PULL ROD FAILED AT THE TRUSS END OF THE TUBING CLUSTER WELD JOINT. IT APPEARS THE GEAR SYSTEM WAS NOT MAINTAINED TO IT'S ORIGINAL OR PROPERLY ALTERED CONDITION AS REQUIRED BY FAR 43.13 (B).

## Other reports on N201RR (1)

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

- [Incident 19800717061299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800717061299I), Jul 17, 1980: Mooney M20K (N201RR), Greeley, CO, Minor damage. Failed to extend gear before landing.

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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