# Incident 19790924050339I: Mooney M20F, Tomball, TX, September 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1979, 16:45 local time
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3534X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3534X-2017-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790924050339I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT EXTENDED THE GEAR, HANDLE POPPED OUT OF THE "LATCH" POSITION ON GROUND CONTACT. NOT LOCKED.

## Other reports on N3534X (2)

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

- [Accident 20110717022329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110717022329A), Jul 17, 2011: Mooney M20F (N3534X), Winslow, AZ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On July 17, 2011, about 1025 mountain standard time (MST), a Mooney M20F, N3534X, crashed while attempting to land at Winslow-Lindbergh regional airport (inw),…
- [Incident 19950813028789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950813028789I), Aug 13, 1995: Mooney M20F (N3534X), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Over looked extending gear for 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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