# Incident 19880412041639I: Mooney M20A, Slaton, TX, April 12, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1988, 19:20 local time
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Airport: Slaton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4848° N, 101.6610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Slaton Municipal Airport (F49), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4848&lon=-101.6610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1073B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1073B) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 50 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880412041639I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING FROM A LANDING GEAR TEST FLIGHT. BENT RETRACT ROD. SECOND TIME SAME PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N1073B (1)

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

- [Incident 19880127001429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880127001429I), Jan 27, 1988: Mooney M20A (N1073B), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. Upon landing pilot felt gear giving slightly. Made a go around. Left gear collapsed on rollout. Veered off 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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