# Incident 19921121052809I: Mooney M20C, Springfield, MO, November 21, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1992, 17:25 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2153° N, 93.2982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2153&lon=-93.2982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6252U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6252U-1993-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 741 total, 155 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921121052809I

## Narrative

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

REPORTED GLIDESLOPE FLAG ON APPROACH. WOULD MAKE LOC APPROACH. CONTACTED THE GROUND ONE MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6252U (2)

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

- [Incident 19890716038839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890716038839I), Jul 16, 1989: Mooney M20C (N6252U), Washington, KS, Minor damage. Engine failed on gear retraction. Landed gear up on same runway. Found water in fuel.
- [Incident 19840125019649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840125019649I), Jan 25, 1984: Mooney M20C (N6252U), Springfield, MO, Minor damage. Realized gear not down after a prop and belly strike. Made go around and landed normal. Gear horn intermittent.

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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