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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Modesto, CA · July 29, 2020

Date
July 29, 2020 · 14:30 local
Place
Modesto, CA
Airport
Modesto City-Co-Harry Sham Fld
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5510Q
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,054 total14 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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.

On July 29, 2020, N5510Q (Mooney M20E) started taxiing from the parking area at Modesto airport, located in Modesto CA, and experience a landing gear collapse (all three) during its taxi to runway 28 left. The pilot contacted ground control and canceled his taxi clearance directly after the landing gear collapsed. The pilot (sole occupant) was uninjured and exited the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 29, 2020, N5510Q (MOONEY M20E) STARTED TAXIING FROM THE PARKING AREA AT MODESTO AIRPORT, LOCATED IN MODESTO CA, AND EXPERIENCE A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE (ALL THREE) DURING ITS TAXI TO RUNWAY 28 LEFT. THE PILOT CONTACTED GROUND CONTROL AND CANCELED HIS TAXI CLEARANCE DIRECTLY AFTER THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) WAS UNINJURED AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.