# Incident 19810409024399I: Mooney M20F, San Antonio, TX, April 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1981, 23:00 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9789M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9789M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810409024399I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. FOUND GEAR TRANSMISSION STRIPPED.

## Other reports on N9789M (1)

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

- [Incident 19821230069079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821230069079I), Dec 30, 1982: Mooney M20F (N9789M), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Pilot hit bump on runway. Heard a loud noise. Aborted takeoff. Landed with gear in transit. No malfunction found.

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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