# Incident 19990729032859I: Mooney M20A, Oshkosh, WI, July 29, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1999, 10:00 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8319E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8319E-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (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 M20A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 60 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/19990729032859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 29, 1999 AT APPROX. 10:00 CST A MOONEY M20A, N8319E PILOTED BY ROGER DODGE, WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27, OSHKOSH AIRPORT, OSHKOSH, WI. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED IN PLACE AND COLLAPSED.  WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 OSHKOSH, DURING TOUCH DOWN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED IN PLACE AND COLLAPSED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE GREEN INDICATION LIGHTS WERE ON.  THIS INDICATED TO THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR WAS SAFE FOR LANDING.  DURING THE GEAR INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT GEAR WAS SO SLIGHTLY OUT OF ADJUSTMENT NOT LETTING THE GEAR LINKAGE TO GO OVER CENTER.  THERE WAS ONLY MINIMUM WING TIP DAMAGE.  THIS WAS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR 91.  THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION.  NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8319E (1)

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

- [Incident 19911111054579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911111054579I), Nov 11, 1991: Mooney M20A (N8319E), Davis, CA, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower landing gear and 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.