# Incident 20241218019159I: Mooney M20J, Jacksonville, FL, December 18, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2024, 15:06 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2778° N, 81.8059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Herlong Airport (HEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2778&lon=-81.8059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201BZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201BZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 453 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241218019159I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/18/2024 AT 17:06 EST A MOONEY M20J WAS LANDING ON RWY 07 AT KHEG WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE PROPELLER BLADES AND THE FORWARD LEFT AND RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED DURING THIS INCIDENT. ALL DAMAGE WAS MINOR IN NATURE, WITH NO INJURIES BEING REPORTED.

## Other reports on N201BZ (2)

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

- [Incident 20040213001889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040213001889I), Feb 13, 2004: Mooney M20J (N201BZ), Asheville, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed runway 34, Asheville Regional Airport (avl) in VFR conditions on IFR flight plan to kheg and noticed at about 3700 feet on climb out that…
- [Incident 19990129038199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990129038199I), Jan 29, 1999: Mooney M20J (N201BZ), St Augustine, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was conducting touch and go landings. Pilot had completed four or five touch and goes and forgot to put the gear down which resulted in a gear up…

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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