# Incident 20020728019569I: Mooney M20J, Goldsboro, NC, July 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Goldsboro, NC
- Airport: Goldsboro-Wayne Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3782° N, 77.9719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goldsboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3782&lon=-77.9719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1996J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1996J) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020728019569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO HIS STATEMENT, THE PILOT (PATRICK DALE) LOWERED LANDING GEAR LEVER AT 130 KNOTS AFTER TURNING DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 23. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH AND BEFORE CROSSING RUNWAY THRESHOLD MR. DALE COMPLETED A VISUAL SWEEP OF INSTRUMENTS AND CONFIRMED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH A SLIGHT BUMP FOLLOWED BY FURTHER SETTLING. THE PILOT HEARD SCRAPING SOUNDS AND SAW THE PROPELLER BEND AND COME TO A STOP. THE PILOT REALIZED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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