# Incident 20030914023819I: Mooney M20R, Tallahassee, FL, September 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2003
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regionall Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N288MA-2023-02-02) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,865 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030914023819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2003, AT 19:30 LOCAL TIME, A MOONEY-20-R, N288MA, REGISTERED TO FIVE STAR AVIATION, INC., EXPERIENCED A GEAR FAILURE DURING LANDING WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT AT TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT (TLH). VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED OUT OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA (TLH). M&D WILL BE SUBMITTED BY MECHANIC WHEN HE DETERMINES THE CAUSE OF THE GEAR FAILURE. NTSB CALLED ON SEPT 18 AND RESCINDED THE ACCIDENT NUMBER, THEREBY REQUIRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO RETURN AND UPDATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AN ACCIDENT.

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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