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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Fresno, CA · July 19, 1985

Date
July 19, 1985 · 12:20 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Chandler
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N55GA
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,600 total510 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft had been parked for 2 years. Gear collapsed during test high speed taxi run.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 2 YEARS. GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TEST HIGH SPEED TAXI RUN.