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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20D · Middletown, PA · May 17, 1983

Date: May 17, 1983 · 13:24 local
Place: Middletown, PA
Airport: Harrisburg International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6789U
Reported as: Mooney M20D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,000 total1,800 in this make and model240 in the last 90 days

N6789URegistration cancelled Feb 28, 2006 · Mooney M20DS/N 175 · Built 1963 Airframe modelMooney M20D Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Landing gear collapsed while taxiing for takeoff. Down lock on gear handle stiff. Pilot failed to notice unlock.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. DOWN LOCK ON GEAR HANDLE STIFF. PILOT FAILED TO NOTICE UNLOCK.