# Incident 19880820048079I: Mooney M20J, Owensboro, KY, August 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1988, 21:25 local time
- Place: Owensboro, KY
- Airport: Davies County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7572° N, 87.1174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Owensboro, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7572&lon=-87.1174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5685C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5685C) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 40 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880820048079I

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANG AT GEAR RETRACTION UPON LANDING. RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. BROKEN LINKAGE IN NOSE GEAR AREA.

## Other reports on N5685C (1)

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

- [Incident 19980119003249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980119003249I), Jan 19, 1998: Mooney M20J (N5685C), Tupelo, MS, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot made a gear up landing. Minor damage to aircrft. Landing gear worked fine with aircraft on jacks, however, the gear warning horn did not…

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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