# Accident 19810505022379A: Mooney M20C, Deming, TX, May 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1981, 09:40 local time
- Place: Deming, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N18JK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18JK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 35 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQD20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810505022379A

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. HAND-CRANKED GEAR DOWN. GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. WIRE OFF ALTERNATOR. GEAR NOT FULL DOWN.

## 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 FTW81DQD20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD20), May 5, 1981: Mooney M20C (N18JK), Deming, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N18JK (2)

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

- [Incident 20141108019989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141108019989I), Nov 8, 2014: Mooney M20E (N18JK), Lawton, OK, Minor damage. Pilot reported to ATC that he had nose gear unsafe indication. Airport laid down foam on runway . As aircraft landed all the gear collapsed. Aircraft came to…
- [Incident 19890620036259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890620036259I), Jun 20, 1989: Mooney M20E (N18JK), Longview, TX, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on rollout. Stated had down and locked indication. Tubing in retract mechanism had separated.

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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