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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Stehekin, WA · July 6, 2013

Date
July 6, 2013 · 17:45 local
Place
Stehekin, WA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9061V
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While taxiing on runway 31 for a departure on runway 13, the right main gear collapsed. The nose and left gear remained down and locked with the aircraft coming to rest on the right wing. The propeller did not strike the surface and the aircraft shut down normally and fuel turned off before exiting the aircraft. There were no injuries or fire.

The aircraft was moved off the runway with local assistance.

The next day a mechanic arrived and inspected the aircraft, noting the following damage; a bent tie rod between the nose gear and right main gear, beacon light, antenna, tail tie down loop, cabin entry step and the right outboard flap hinge.

No structural damage was noted.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING ON RUNWAY 31 FOR A DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 13, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE NOSE AND LEFT GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST ON THE RIGHT WING. THE PROPELLER DID NOT STRIKE THE SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT SHUT DOWN NORMALLY AND FUEL TURNED OFF BEFORE EXITING THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FIRE.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY WITH LOCAL ASSISTANCE.

THE NEXT DAY A MECHANIC ARRIVED AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, NOTING THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE; A BENT TIE ROD BETWEEN THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR, BEACON LIGHT, ANTENNA, TAIL TIE DOWN LOOP, CABIN ENTRY STEP AND THE RIGHT OUTBOARD FLAP HINGE.

NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED.