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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Taos, NM · August 2, 1994

Date: August 2, 1994 · 09:30 local
Place: Taos, NM
Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N221YD
Reported as: Mooney M20E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 210 total140 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N221YDRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 580 · Built 1965 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Landing gear collapsed on takeoff roll at 50 miles per hr. System appears normal. Possible early retraction.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT 50 MILES PER HR. SYSTEM APPEARS NORMAL.POSSIBLE EARLY RETRACTION.