# Incident 19991231038389I: Mooney M20B, Cahokia, IL, December 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1999, 12:06 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74777, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74777) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (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 M20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 215 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991231038389I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N74777, MOONEY 20B LANDED AT ST. LOUIS DOWNTOWN PARKS AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 12R. WHILE TAXING ON TAXIWAY FOXTROT HEADED TOWARDS THE RAMP THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER A HUMP APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH IN DEPTH AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE PROPELLOR STRUCK THE GROUND.  PILOT LARRY J. ANTHONY STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION WIHT ALL SAFE INDICATIONS.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT, THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE LOWER COWLING AND BELLY PANELS DUE TO IMPACT ON GROUND.  THE GEAR RETRACTION HANDLE TUBING (P/N 5050) WAS CRACKED 5 PLACES.

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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