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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Roanoke, TX · February 9, 1989

Date
February 9, 1989 · 16:50 local
Place
Roanoke, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3434N
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
860 total800 in this make and model25 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.

Gear retracted while still on takeoff roll. Slid 75 yards on runway. No reason given.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR RETRACTED WHILE STILL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. SLID 75 YARDS ON RUNWAY. NO REASON GIVEN.