# Incident 19890714040989I: Mooney M20C, Mena, AR, July 14, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1989, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mena, AR
- Airport: Intermountain Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5826° N, 94.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mena, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5826&lon=-94.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6978V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6978V-2011-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890714040989I

## Narrative

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

HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS ON TOUCHDOWN. GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. FOUND LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION BRACKET WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N6978V (1)

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

- [Incident 19800806066429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800806066429I), Aug 6, 1980: Mooney M20C (N6978V), Midland, TX, Minor damage. Inadvertent gear retraction on ground.

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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