# Incident 19981014038739I: Mooney M20C, Gainesville, TX, October 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1998, 17:10 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6522° N, 97.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE MUNI (GLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6522&lon=-97.1973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9498V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9498V) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,275 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981014038739I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON 10/14/98 AT 1710 A MOONEY M20-C OWNED BY STEVEN J COHEEN EXPERIENCED LANDING GEAR FAILURE DURING A LANDING.  VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE  PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 114440061.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA (F-16), ON 10/14/98 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630.  INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

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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