38.9039° N, 90.1512° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Alton, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 7, 1981 · 13:43 local
Place
Alton, IL
Airport
Civic Memorial
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5768Q
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Continental IO360A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
165 total5 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
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.
Taxiing for takeoff, nose wheel collapsed. Bungee assembly pins sheared. Allow cylinders to seperate. PN5600083.
As the FAA filed it
TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. BUNGEE ASSEMBLY PINS SHEARED. ALLOW CYLINDERS TO SEPERATE. PN5600083.