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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Fullerton, CA · May 26, 1983

Date: May 26, 1983 · 16:00 local
Place: Fullerton, CA
Airport: Fullerton
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5634N
Reported as: Mooney M20K
Reported engine: Continental TSIO360GB
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total2,012 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

N5634NRegistered now · Mooney M20KS/N 25-0739 · Built 1983 Airframe modelMooney M20K Engine modelContinental TSIO-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.

Right main gear collapsed on landing. Incorrect preload torque spring tension on over center locks. Let gear unlock

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. INCORRECT PRELOAD TORQUE SPRING TENSION ON OVER CENTER LOCKS. LET GEAR UNLOCK