# Incident 19900528036119I: Mooney M20C, Grand Prairie, TX, May 28, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1990, 17:45 local time
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6988° N, 97.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND PRAIRIE MUNI (GPM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6988&lon=-97.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6855U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6855U) (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: 600 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900528036119I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL. LANDING GEAR HANDLE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE FULL LOCKED POSITION.

## Other reports on N6855U (1)

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

- [Incident 19890531044579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890531044579I), May 31, 1989: Mooney M20C (N6855U), Grand Prairie, TX, Minor damage. Pilot preoccupied in traffic and forgot to lower gear and landed with gear up.

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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