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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Arcola, TX · June 23, 1988

Date
June 23, 1988 · 07:38 local
Place
Arcola, TX
Airport
Houston Southwest
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9615M
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,637 total113 in this make and model40 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.

Misjudged approach on touch and go landing. Hit lip of runway on touchdown. Right main landing gear sheared off.

As the FAA filed it

MISJUDGED APPROACH ON TOUCH AND GO LANDING. HIT LIP OF RUNWAY ON TOUCHDOWN. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF.