# Incident 19851009058779I: Mooney M20J, Beaumont, TX, October 9, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1985, 07:58 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Airport: Jefferson Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXCA
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201ZD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201ZD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 45 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851009058779I

## Narrative

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

EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL UNTIL PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE GEAR TO RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. CAUSE NOT REPORTED.

## Other reports on N201ZD (3)

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

- [Incident 19970708025199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970708025199I), Jul 8, 1997: Mooney M20J (N201ZD), Middletown, DE, Minor damage. Student inadvertently raised gear on touch and go. CFI failed guard gear handle.
- [Incident 19890307022779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890307022779I), Mar 7, 1989: Mooney M20J (N201ZD), Mesquite, TX. Student made a hard landing. Instructor recovered. Student applied heavy brakes and aircraft veered off runway.
- [Incident 19871124081819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871124081819I), Nov 24, 1987: Mooney M20J (N201ZD), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Throttle became disconnected on approach. Landed on a city street and wing tip hit a van. Loose jam nut the problem

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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