FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · New Cumberland, WV · July 11, 1987
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The gear collapsed during landing rollout. Corroded springs failed to hold the gear in the over center position.
THE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT. CORRODED SPRINGS FAILED TO HOLD THE GEAR IN THE OVER CENTER POSITION.