# Incident 19830517028829I: Mooney M20D, Middletown, PA, May 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1983, 13:24 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1932° N, 76.7626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1932&lon=-76.7626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6789U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6789U-2006-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20D (registry code 5870210, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830517028829I

## Narrative

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

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

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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