# Accident 19800707024209A: Mooney M20F, Ft Dodge, IA, July 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1980, 12:20 local time
- Place: Ft Dodge, IA
- Airport: Ft Dodge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5512° N, 94.1918° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT DODGE RGNL (FOD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5512&lon=-94.1918&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6397Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6397Q-1991-04-05) (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: 8,800 total, 213 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DCD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCD19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800707024209A

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR DISCHARGE. LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. CRANKED GEAR DOWN. COLLAPSED ON LANDING. CAUSE OF TROUBLE NOT REPORTED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC80DCD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCD19), Jul 7, 1980: Mooney M20F (N6397Q), Ft.Dodge, IA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6397Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19871118075089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871118075089I), Nov 18, 1987: Mooney M20F (N6397Q), Manassas, VA, Minor damage. Stayed in traffic pattern for night currency practice. Forgot to lower gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19830819052229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830819052229I), Aug 19, 1983: Mooney M20F (N6397Q), Morehead City, NC, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed after landing. Gear retraction mechanism bent from previous hard landings a causal factor

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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