# Incident 20090422009119I: Mooney M20C, Greer, SC, April 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2009, 14:55 local time
- Place: Greer, SC
- Airport: Greenville Spartanburg International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8957° N, 82.2189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTL (GSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8957&lon=-82.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3411X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3411X) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,070 total, 765 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/20090422009119I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON MARCH 22, 2009, ON ABOUT 1455 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A MOONEY M20-C AIRCRAFT N3411X REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  OPERATING AS 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT HAD A PROP STRIKE DURING TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 22 AT GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG AIRPORT (GSP).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED.  THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT STATED AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH INDICATED AND JUST PRIOR TO TAKEOFF ROTATION, HE SAW AND FELT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE UPLOCK UNLATCH AND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE SWING FREELY OUT APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES.  WITH THE LANDING GEAR FREE TO FOLD UP, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED SLIGHTLY AND THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  HE HEARD THE PROPELLER STRIKE AND RESPONDED BY PITCHING UP, SINCE FLYING SPEED HAD BEEN ATTAINED.  AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET WHILE MAINTAINING COURSE STRAIGHT AHEAD OVER REMAINING RUNWAY.  HE FORCIBLY RE-LOCKED LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LANDED BACK ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N3411X (1)

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

- [Accident 19740726035509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740726035509A), Jul 26, 1974: Mooney M20C (N3411X), Winona, MN, Substantial damage. Mech gear handle was not placed in full lock psn. Gr warn horn inop.

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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