19850815062499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Eden Prairie, MN · August 15, 1985

Date
August 15, 1985 · 15:10 local
Place
Eden Prairie, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6029Q
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total300 in this make and model26 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.

When power was added for taxi, nose gear collapsed. Found latch for gear handle worn allowing handle to unlock.

As the FAA filed it

WHEN POWER WAS ADDED FOR TAXI, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. FOUND LATCH FOR GEAR HANDLE WORN ALLOWING HANDLE TO UNLOCK.

Other reports on N6029Q · 2

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