# Incident 19830224011619I: Mooney M20J, Midland, TX, February 24, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1983, 06:50 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201AZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201AZ-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,650 total, 3 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830224011619I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR FOLDED ON ROLLOUT. FOUND NOSE WHEEL STEERING ARM BROKE. BLOCKED NOSE GEAR. NOSE GEAR ACTUATING ROD BROKE.

## Other reports on N201AZ (1)

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

- [Accident 20190222023659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190222023659A), Feb 22, 2019: Mooney M20J (N201AZ), Ridgeland, SC, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that he entered the pattern at a 45 to the downwind for runway 3 at 1000? MSL. On final there was no abnormal weather conditions, the plane was…

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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