# Incident 20190301000709I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Westfield, MA, March 1, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2019, 11:14 local time
- Place: Westfield, MA
- Airport: Westfield-Barnes Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1579° N, 72.7159° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTFIELD-BARNES RGNL (BAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1579&lon=-72.7159&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3663H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3663H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190301000709I

## Narrative

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

MARCH 1, 2019. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT N3663H, A MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION MODEL M20-K WITH SERIAL NUMBER 25-0441.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT WHILE DEPARTING RUNWAY 20 FROM WESTFIELD-BARNES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BAF) LOCATED IN WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A FEW SECONDS AFTER ROTATION, THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OPENED. HE STATED THAT HE INFORMED THE BAF CONTROL TOWER THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 33 WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. HE TAXIED TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT BAF, AERO DESIGN. WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, HE DISCOVERED THE BAGGAGE DOOR HAD BEEN BENT AND HELD ON BY THE BAGGAGE DOOR PROP ROD. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE FUSELAGE SKIN SURROUNDING THE BAGGAGE DOOR.

## Other reports on N3663H (1)

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

- [Incident 19891007065749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891007065749I), Oct 7, 1989: Mooney M20K (N3663H), White Plains, NY, Minor damage. Struck a small telephone stand pipe while taxiing for takeoff.

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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