# Incident 20030214008399I: Mooney M20K, Venice, FL, February 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2003, 20:00 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N262CJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030214008399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 14, 2003, AT 2000 EST, A MOONEY M20K, N262CJ, REGISTERED TO MR. COY JACOB, DBA SUMMA SALES, EXPERIENCED A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VENICE, FLORIDA, AFTER A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. DUE TO THE LATE REPORTING OF THE INCIDENT, METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILING AT THE TIME COULD NOT BE DETERMINED, NOR COULD IT BE DETERMINED WHETHER A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BEGAN COLLAPSING AFTER TOUCHDOWN DUE TO A BENT LEFT-HAND RETRACTION ROD. THE BENT ROD PREVENTED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FROM LOCKING OVER-CENTER. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST SUPPORTED BY THE LEFT WING, THE NOSE GEAR, AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. DAMAGE TO THE MAIN GEAR DOORS INDICATES THAT AT SOME POINT PRIOR TO THE GEAR FAILURE, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A PAVED SURFACE WITH ALL THREE LANDING GEARS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

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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