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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Liberal, KS · September 1, 2002

Date: September 1, 2002 · 12:07 local
Place: Liberal, KS
Airport: Liberal Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N381L
Reported as: Mooney M20R
Reported engine: Continental IO550*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 375 total35 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N381LRegistered now · Mooney M20RS/N 29-0201 · Built 1999 Airframe modelMooney M20R Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft departed dear valley, Arizona on 9/1/02 to Liberal, KS. Upon landing at Liberal, the gusty wind died off unexpectedly contributing to a hard landing. The right main landing gear collapsed. After the gear collapsed, the prop struck the runway and damage was done to the flaps, wing tip and horizontal stabilizer. The pilot and his wife were the only occupants and sustained no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DEAR VALLEY, ARIZONA ON 9/1/02 TO LIBERAL, KS. UPON LANDING AT LIBERAL, THE GUSTY WIND DIED OFF UNEXPECTEDLY CONTRIBUTING TO A HARD LANDING. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AFTER THE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE FLAPS, WING TIP AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE PILOT AND HIS WIFE WERE THE ONLY OCCUPANTS AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.