# Incident 20010721018299I: Mooney M20K, Ainsworth, NE, July 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2001, 18:00 local time
- Place: Ainsworth, NE
- Airport: Ainsworth Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5792° N, 99.9930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AINSWORTH RGNL (ANW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5792&lon=-99.9930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,875 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721018299I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 21, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 CDT, MOONEY M-20K, N231DC, DEPARTED AINSWORTH, NEBRASKA RUNWAY 12 DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, INDUCING A FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK SYSTEM. THE PIC SINGLE PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURY.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DECLOSED THAT THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT RODS WERE TORN FROM THE UPPER NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUSS ASSEMBLY, MOONEY PART NUMBER 540016, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ROUGH TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N231DC (2)

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

- [Incident 20150331004109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150331004109I), Mar 31, 2015: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231DC), Hawley, MN, Minor damage. Aircraft had a loss of power for unkwown reasons and landed on a state highway with an overcame a car traveling in the same direction. Aircraft hit the car…
- [Incident 20061209030049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061209030049I), Dec 9, 2006: Mooney M20K (N231DC), Minot, ND, No damage. (-23) On December 9, 2006, N231DC, a Mooney-20K, piloted by [privacy data omitted] landed gear up at the Minot International Airport on runway 31.

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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