# Incident 20200815015239I: Mooney M20M, Fort Myers, FL, August 15, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2020, 09:59 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66YC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66YC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,010 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200815015239I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT: ON DOWNWIND LEG ENGINE STALLED. PILOT SWITCHED TO RIGHT TANK, TURNED ON BOOST PUMP AND ENGINE RESTARTED. PILOT PUT THE GEAR LEVER DOWN,ENGAGED 1/4 FLAPS AND PREPARED TO TOUCH DOWN. PILOT THEN EXPERIENCED SCRAPING AND PROP STRIKING GROUND. THEN THE ALTITUDE HORN WENT OFF AND AUDIBLE GEAR WARNING SOUNDED AFTER AIRCRAFT HAD SLID OVER A 100 FEET ON THE GROUND.

INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY FOUND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS BELLY WITH LANDING GEAR EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS TO PROPELLER STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE. LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO HANGAR.

INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT AT MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOUND LEFT FUEL DRAIN VALVE UNUSABLE AND ONLY DRIBBLED WHEN SUMPED. DRAINED LEFT FUEL CELL AND FOUND ABOUT 1 GALLON OF WATER IN IN LEFT FUEL CELL. DRAINED RIGHT FUEL CELL AND FOUND ABOUT 1 CUP OF WATER. FUEL CAP SEALS FOUND TO BE DETERIORATED AND THE SOURCE OF THE WATER INTRUSION.

GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION FOUND TO OPERATE NORMAL. EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL CHECK NORMAL. GEAR LIGHTS AND MECHANICAL INDICATIONS OPERATED NORMAL.

LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM, BOTH AUDIO AND VOICE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE AND WILL REQUIRE REPAIR.

## Other reports on N66YC (1)

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

- [Incident 20241115017619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241115017619I), Nov 15, 2024: Mooney M20M (N66YC), Richland, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed with gear retracted. Aircraft sustained minor damage upon landing.

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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