# Incident 19981003038619I: Mooney M20C, El Paso, TX, October 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1998, 11:36 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74555, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74555) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981003038619I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON OCTOBER 03, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 MDT, A MOONEY M-20-C, N74555, OWNED AND PILOTED BY WILLIAM JOHN OVERTON WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EL PASO, TEXAS, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A WEATHER BRIEFING HAD BEEN OBTAINED BUT NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURIED.  THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, ON OCTOBER 03, 1998 APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 HOURS EARLIER.

## Other reports on N74555 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910618029349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910618029349I), Jun 18, 1991: Mooney M20C (N74555), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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