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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Helena, MT · June 15, 2002

Date
June 15, 2002 · 16:10 local
Place
Helena, MT
Airport
Helena Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2926M
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total400 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated that the landing gear collapsed after landing. He said he landed on the mains first, then the nosewheel collapsed. He said he did not believe the gear had locked down. He told the investigating inspector that he reached for the wing flaps switch during the after-landing rollout.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. HE SAID HE LANDED ON THE MAINS FIRST, THEN THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED. HE SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE GEAR HAD LOCKED DOWN. HE TOLD THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR THAT HE REACHED FOR THE WING FLAPS SWITCH DURING THE AFTER-LANDING ROLLOUT.

Other reports on N2926M · 2

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