# Incident 20040213001889I: Mooney M20J, Asheville, NC, February 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2004, 14:55 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201BZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201BZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 500 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/20040213001889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 34, ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (AVL) IN VFR CONDITIONS ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO KHEG AND NOTICED AT ABOUT 3700 FEET ON CLIMB OUT THAT HE COULD NOT TRANSMIT. HE THEN SQUAWKED 7700 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A DOWN WIND TURN BACK TO RUNWAY 34 TO LAND. THE PILOT FAILED TO SEE THE RED LIGHT SIGNAL FROM AVL TOWER GIVEN BECAUSE OF NO LANDING GEAR DOWN AND ALSO DID NOT HEAR THE TOWER COMMUNICATION VIA THE RADIO THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. HE CONTINUED HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 AND LANDED GEAR UP WITHOUT LANDING CLEARANCE FROM THE TOWER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE NTSB WAS CONTACTED AND NTSB INSPECTOR, ^PRIVACY DAT^, DECLINED PARTICIPATION BASED ON MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND TRANSPORTED BY TRAILER TO ASHEVILLE JET FBO.

## Other reports on N201BZ (2)

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

- [Incident 20241218019159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241218019159I), Dec 18, 2024: Mooney M20J (N201BZ), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. On 12/18/2024 at 17:06 EST a Mooney M20J was landing on rwy 07 at kheg when for unknown reasons the landing gear collapsed after touchdown. The propeller…
- [Incident 19990129038199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990129038199I), Jan 29, 1999: Mooney M20J (N201BZ), St Augustine, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was conducting touch and go landings. Pilot had completed four or five touch and goes and forgot to put the gear down which resulted in a gear up…

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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