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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · San Antonio, TX · February 25, 2004

Date: February 25, 2004 · 14:00 local
Place: San Antonio, TX
Airport: San Antonio International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N252AV
Reported as: Mooney M20K
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total110 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N252AVRegistered now · Mooney M20KS/N 25-1006 · Built 1985 Airframe modelMooney M20K Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On February 25, 2004, at approximately 1400 hours, a Mooney-20-K owned and operated by paul kortopates of san diego, CA, landed gear up on runway 30R at San Antonio airport. The pilot neglected to put the gear handle down after performing a maintenance check flight. The flight originated in sat and VFR conditions prevailed. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot was not injured. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 25, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS, A MOONEY-20-K OWNED AND OPERATED BY PAUL KORTOPATES OF SAN DIEGO, CA, LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 30R AT SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT. THE PILOT NEGLECTED TO PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AFTER PERFORMING A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SAT AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^