# Incident 19960112001219I: Mooney M20C, San Antonio, TX, January 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6604U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6604U) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960112001219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON TAXIWAY TO CLEAR LARGE JET DEPARTING. WHEN CLEARED TO CONTINUE TAXIING, ADDED POWER AND RELEASED BRAKES. AT THIS TIME, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND PROP STRUCK THE TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT HAD LATERAL MOVEMENT DUE TO PROP STRIKE AND MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT MOVED TO MAINTENANCE FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE NOSE GEAR RETRACT TRUSS ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED. SOME CORROSION NOTED ON INSIDE OF TRUSS TUBE BUT COULD NOT BE DETECTED FROM EXTERIOR INSPECTION (VISUAL). THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6604U (1)

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

- [Incident 20210424009259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210424009259I), Apr 24, 2021: Mooney M20C (N6604U), Lawton, OK, Minor damage. Started incident investigation iaw 8900.1 vol 7 ch 1 sec 2 and 8020.11D. Pilot failed to ensure landing gear was in down and locked position prior to landing…

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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