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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · September 27, 1997

Date: September 27, 1997 · 18:05 local
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6968V
Reported as: Mooney M20E
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 325 total12 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N6968VRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 22-1335 · Built 1976 Airframe modelMooney M20F 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.

Narrative: gear collapsed on touch down. No injuries. Metal fatigue of the johnson bar caused gear to collapse. No action required.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCH DOWN. NO INJURIES. METAL FATIGUE OF THE JOHNSON BAR CAUSED GEAR TO COLLAPSE. NO ACTION REQUIRED.