# Incident 19830819052229I: Mooney M20F, Morehead City, NC, August 19, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1983, 13:05 local time
- Place: Morehead City, NC
- Airport: Beaufort-Morehead
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7279° N, 76.7370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morehead City, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7279&lon=-76.7370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6397Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6397Q-1991-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830819052229I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. GEAR RETRACTION MECHANISM BENT FROM PREVIOUS HARD LANDINGS A CAUSAL FACTOR

## Other reports on N6397Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19871118075089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871118075089I), Nov 18, 1987: Mooney M20F (N6397Q), Manassas, VA, Minor damage. Stayed in traffic pattern for night currency practice. Forgot to lower gear. Landed gear up.
- [Accident 19800707024209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800707024209A), Jul 7, 1980: Mooney M20F (N6397Q), Ft Dodge, IA, Substantial damage. Alternator discharge. Lost electrical power. Cranked gear down. Collapsed on landing. Cause of trouble not reported

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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