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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Roanoke, TX · August 22, 1979

Date: August 22, 1979 · 18:35 local
Place: Roanoke, TX
Airport: Aero Valley
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2598W
Reported as: Mooney M20E
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 730 total200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N2598WRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 949 · Built 1965 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Gear collapsed on rollout. Pilot did not have gear handle properly seated in socket.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. PILOT DID NOT HAVE GEAR HANDLE PROPERLY SEATED IN SOCKET.