# Incident 20030630014639I: Mooney M20C, Arlington, TX, June 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2003, 10:05 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6639° N, 97.0943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (GKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6639&lon=-97.0943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6255U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6255U) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030630014639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 30, 2003, AT 1005 CDT, A MOONEY M20C, N6255U, OWNED BY CLOYD KNIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 16 AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ARLINGTON, TEXAS WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ARLINGTON, TEXAS ON JUNE 30, 2003 AT 0920 CDT.

## Other reports on N6255U (1)

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

- [Incident 19900407012229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900407012229I), Apr 7, 1990: Mooney M20C (N6255U), Derby, KS, Minor damage. Nose gear collapse during taxi from and undetermined cause.

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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