# Incident 19880512029419I: Mooney M20J, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, May 12, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1988, 17:47 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58155, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58155-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 417 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880512029419I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. IMPACT COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR COWLING AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N58155 (1)

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

- [Accident 19881016048629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881016048629A), Oct 16, 1988: Mooney M20J (N58155), Ludington, MI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Vaccum pump shaft sheared on climbout in IMC. Spiral dived into a lake. Pilot radioed gyro malfunction.

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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