# Incident 20030117005879I: Mooney M20J, West Bend, WI, January 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2003, 12:32 local time
- Place: West Bend, WI
- Airport: West Bend Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4222° N, 88.1279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST BEND MUNI (ETB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4222&lon=-88.1279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2146X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2146X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030117005879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 17, 2003 AT 1232 CST A MOONEY M20J, N2146X, LANDED ON RWY 31 AT WEST BEND, WI AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR, DURING ROLL OUT. THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT BY RICHARD LOBERGER THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTION TUBE WAS BENT. THE GEAR SYSTEM WAS CHECKED FOR OPERATION AND THE CAUSE FOR THE BENT TUBE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE TUBE WAS STRAIGHTENED AND THE GEAR AND ALL WARNING SYSTEMS WERE FUNCTIONAL CHECKED USING NORMAL RETRACTION AND EXTENSION PROCEDURES NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND. THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR WAS DUE TO A STRUCTURE FAILURE AS A RESULT OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSE.

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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