# Incident 19900407012229I: Mooney M20C, Derby, KS, April 7, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1990, 19:15 local time
- Place: Derby, KS
- Airport: Cook Airfield Inc Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5595° N, 97.2557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Derby, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5595&lon=-97.2557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6255U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6255U) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 250 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/19900407012229I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DURING TAXI FROM AND UNDETERMINED CAUSE.

## Other reports on N6255U (1)

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

- [Incident 20030630014639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030630014639I), Jun 30, 2003: Mooney M20C (N6255U), Arlington, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On June 30, 2003, at 1005 CDT, a Mooney M20C, N6255U, owned by cloyd knight, [privacy data omitted] landed on runway 16 at Arlington Municipal Airport…

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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