# Incident 20130514012729I: Mooney M20C, Sylvania, GA, May 14, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2013, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sylvania, GA
- Airport: Plantation Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7472° N, 81.6407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sylvania, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7472&lon=-81.6407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6566U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6566U-2018-03-06) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 30 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/20130514012729I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON CROSS COUNTRY FROM PORTSMOUTH, VA TO PANAMA CITY, FL.  A FUEL STOP WAS NEEDED, PILOT CHOSE PLANTATION AIRPORT IN SYLVANIA, GA.  AFTER REFUELING AIRCRAFT THE PILOT BEGAN HIS TAXI TO RUNWAY 23.  PRIOR TO TAXING ONTO THE RUNWAY THE PILOT ANNOUNCED HE WAS READY.  PILOT APPLIED POWER TO MOVE AIRCRAFT ONTO RUNWAY 23 FOR TAKE OFF AS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A RIGHT TURN ONTO THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSE.  PILOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL SELECTOR, AND MASTER SWITCH AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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