# Incident 20201231022069I: Mooney M20E, Lgb, CA, December 31, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2020, 13:10 local time
- Place: Lgb, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9253V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9253V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201231022069I

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) FLEW MOONEY M20E (N9253V) FROM HENDERSON, NV (KHND) TO LONG BEACH, CA (KLGB). THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN DAY VFR CONDITIONS.  THE EVOLUTION WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH LIGHT WINDS.  PIC FLEW A STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26R AT KLGB AND TOUCHED DOWN ON OR VERY NEAR CENTERLINE IN THE DESIGNATED TOUCH DOWN ZONE.  THE INITIAL PORTION OF THE LANDING ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL AND STRAIGHT AHEAD.  AS THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 35 KNOTS, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO SLOWLY COLLAPSE AS INDICATED BY THE RIGHT WING DROOPING UNTIL THE FIXED AIR STAIR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.  PIC SECURED THE ENGINE PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO A STOP WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ON THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR AND PARTIALLY COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR IN THE DIRT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE RIGHT OUTBOARD FLAP HINGE AND RIGHT WING TIP IN CONTACT WITH THE SOFT DIRT ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. WITH ASSISTANCE FROM LGB BASE OPS PERSONNEL THE AIRCRAFT WAS SAFELY MOVED TO A TIE DOWN POINT.

## Other reports on N9253V (1)

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

- [Incident 20190721015529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190721015529I), Jul 21, 2019: Mooney M20E (N9253V), Oxnard, CA, Minor damage. When landing at koxr, Oxnard Airport, Oxnard, California, runway 26, incident aircraft completed a normal landing touchdown. Pilot had been doing pattern work…

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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