# Incident 20020901030889I: Mooney M20R, Liberal, KS, September 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2002, 12:07 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0461° N, 100.9277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberal, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0461&lon=-100.9277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N381L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N381L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 35 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020901030889I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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