# Incident 19960406006149I: Mooney M20F, Oklahoma City, OK, April 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1996, 18:30 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Expressway Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5413° N, 97.4531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Expressway Airpark, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5413&lon=-97.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3782N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960406006149I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND ACROSS DRAINAGE DITCH. NOSE GEAR SEPARATED. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, NOSE COWL AND LANDING GEAR DOORS. PILOT STATED THAT APPROACH/TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL AND ABOUT 2 SECONDS AFTER NOSE GEAR CONTACTED RUNWAY SURFACE, AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. SEVERAL UNEVENTFUL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS MADE AT ANOTHER AIRPORT PRIOR TO INCIDENT. PILOT SUSPECTS NOSE WHEEL STEERING FAILED. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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