# Incident 20030719019709I: Mooney M20A, Elko, NV, July 19, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2003, 19:19 local time
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKO RGNL (EKO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8102E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8102E-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (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 M20A
- Pilot flight hours: 5,050 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030719019709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKE OFF FROM EKO, THE PILOT ESTABLISHED A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB. THE LANDING GEAR WAS MANUALLY RAISED WITH THE JOHNSON BAR AND BEFORE THE BAR WAS STOWED IN THE UP POSITION THE PILOT LOST HIS GRIP ON THE BAR AND DROPPED IT. THE PILOT THEN LOOKED DOWN TO FIND THE BAR AND WHEN HE LOOKED UP AGAIN THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE HEADED FOR THE RUNWAY. BEFORE THE PILOT COULD COMPLETELY RECOVER ATTITUDE, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, GEAR UP, AND BOUNCED. AT THAT MOMENT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LOWER THE GEAR AND ABORT THE TAKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY WITH GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE PROPELLER AND THE BOTTOM MOUNTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT ASSY. DAMAGE WAS ASSESSED AS MINOR. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

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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