# Incident 20020413005739I: Mooney M20E, Miami, FL, April 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2002, 15:40 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2705W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 703 total, 700 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020413005739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT: MR. SPEAR STATED THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY WAS NORMAL. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND HAD A GREEN LIGHT BUT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE DETENT POSITION. ON TOUCHDOWN BETWEEN 70 AND 80 KNOTS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLOW WHEN HE FELT THE RIGHT WING BEGIN TO DIP AND HE SAW THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE MOVE TO THE UP/RETRACT POSITION. MR. SPEAR SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE: THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE Q-TIPPED AND THE STEP FOR THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED.  THE FUSELAGE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF SKIN DAMAGE OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND TO THE AIRCRAFT BELLY.  THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE GEAR HANDLE PLACED IN THE DOWN/EXTEND POSITION THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED NORMALLY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY AND IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE HANGAR NEXT TO THE TOWER AT OPA.

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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