# Incident 20020817019149I: Mooney M20C, Fort Meade, MD, August 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2002, 19:30 local time
- Place: Fort Meade, MD
- Airport: Tipton Apt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1057° N, 76.7433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Meade, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1057&lon=-76.7433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5796Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5796Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 85 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020817019149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WENT TO TIPTON AIRPORT TO LOOK AT AIRCRAFT. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF GEAR COLLAPSE. TIRES AND GEAR DOORS WERE NOT MARKED OR SCRAPED. BELLY SCRAPED SEVERELY AND ALL 3 PROP BLADES WERE BENT. NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE SCRAPED VERY BAD. CHECKED GEAR LIGHTS AND THEY WORKED PROPERLY. TALKED WITH THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HE STATED THAT HE JUST FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. OWNER SAID HE HAD ON A SET OF BOSE HEADSETS AND PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE HEARD THE WARNING HORN GO OFF. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD A CHECK LIST AND DID USE IT BUT HE MAY HAVE MISSED OR SKIMMED OVER THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED ITEM.

## Other reports on N5796Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19970523017839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970523017839I), May 23, 1997: Mooney M20C (N5796Q), Morristown, NJ, Minor damage. Narrative: passenger: Mr. Check swim [privacy data omitted]. Mr. Robert bryan wepasnick departed bwi on 05/23/97, at 10:20 under VFR conditions, with Mr. Chuck…

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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