# Incident 20020320007359I: Mooney M20F, Mesa, AZ, March 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2002, 16:32 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6491Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,018 total, 150 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/20020320007359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MOONEY AIRCRAFT N6491Q SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT WING TIP AFTER LANDING AT FALCON FIELD (FFZ). THE PILOT IN COMMAND (INSTRUCTOR) STATED HE WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO THE STUDENT, WHEN AFTER THE FOURTH LANDING AT WILLIAMS (IWA), THE STUDENT REACHED FOR THE LANDING GEAR BAR AND STARTED TO RETRACT THE GEAR. THE INSTRUCTOR REACHED FOR THE BAR WHILE AT THE SAME TIME APPLYING ENGINE POWER. HE STATED HE PUSHED THE BAR BACK TO ITS GEAR DOWN POSITION WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTING, THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE GROUND, THEN THE RIGHT WING TIP TOUCHED THE GROUND WITHOUT INCIDENT, HE LEVELED THE WINGS AND PROCEEDED TO DEPART BACK TO FALCON (FFZ). THE INSTRUCTOR LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND AFTER LANDING THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED.

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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