# Incident 19840924063599I: Mooney M20A, Franklin, CA, September 24, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1984, 15:45 local time
- Place: Franklin, CA
- Airport: Franklin
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3040° N, 121.4293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANKLIN FLD (F72), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3040&lon=-121.4293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8168E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8168E-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (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 M20A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 157 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840924063599I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES ON LANDING COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N8168E (1)

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

- [Accident 19801009058189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801009058189A), Oct 9, 1980: Mooney M20A (N8168E), Sandy, OR, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on wet grass strip. Ran off departure end of runway.

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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