# Incident 20020105002659I: Mooney M20K, Dallas, TX, January 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2002, 10:40 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Redbird Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231WG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231WG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,900 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020105002659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, 01/05/2002, A FLIGHT WAS INITIATED FROM RBD TO COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. THE WEATHER WAS IMC. UPON DEPARTURE THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DIDN'T FULLY RETRACT. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED, AND APPEARED TO BE DOWN AS REPORTED BY THE TOWER. DUE TO WEATHER THE ILS 31 WAS USED FOR THEM. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, THE NOSE WAS HELD OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, BUT COLLAPSED WITH A RESULTING PROP STRIKE, WITH ENGINE POWER AT IDLE. THE AIRCRAFT SLID FOR 100 FEET. AN INSPECTOR FROM THIS OFFICE VERIFIED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR. BESIDES THE PROP STRIKE AND ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE COWLING.

## Other reports on N231WG (1)

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

- [Incident 20090709011959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090709011959I), Jul 9, 2009: Mooney M20K (N231WG), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) During taxi on aircraft parking ramp aircraft left wing struck automobile windshield. The automobile was privately owned and stopped at the time.

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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