# Incident 20020517011019I: Mooney M20J, Fayetteville, AR, May 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2002, 13:03 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Airport: Drake Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0051° N, 94.1701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRAKE FLD (FYV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201MK) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 740 total, 325 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020517011019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 17, 2002, AT 1303CDT, A MOONEY-20-J, N201MK, COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE EXECUTING AN LDA WITH GLIDE SLOPE APPROACH AT THE FAYETTEVILE/DRAKE FIELD (FYV), FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS. THE AIRPLANE, OWNED, OPERATED, AND FLOWN BY A PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED DALHART, TEXAS AS A PART 91 FLIGHT WITH A DESTINATION OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED AND WAS IN EFFECT AND IMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT EXECUTED THE LDA/DME 34 APPROACH TO FYV, AND DURING THE APPROACH PHASE THE RIGHT WING AND LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE TOPS OF TREES. THE PILOT EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH AND FLEW TO FORT SMITH (FSM), ARKANSAS, WHERE HE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURY TO EITHER OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS OCCURRED.

## Other reports on N201MK (2)

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

- [Incident 20021209033539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021209033539I), Dec 9, 2002: Mooney M20J (N201MK), Springdale, AR, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed gear-up.
- [Accident 19870517013489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870517013489A), May 17, 1987: Mooney M20J (N201MK), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. Partial loss of power on climbout. A gear up forced landing in a field. Found engine operating normally.

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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