# Incident 20230325003209I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Wichita, KS, March 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2023, 16:00 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Colonel James Jabara
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7476° N, 97.2211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLONEL JAMES JABARA (AAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7476&lon=-97.2211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56634, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56634) (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 AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,230 total, 300 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230325003209I

## Narrative

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

SEPARATION OF NOSE LANDING GEAR LEG ASSEMBLY FROM AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING SEQUENCE AT COLONEL JAMES JABARA AIRPORT (KAAO), RUNWAY 18 ON 3/25/2023. TWO SOULS WERE ON BOARD WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES. BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) LEG ASSEMBLY TUBES BROKE LONGITUDINALLY IN CLOSE SEQUENCE, APPROXIMATELY 3/8” BELOW EACH TURN LIMIT STOP BOLT / WELDS OF THE SUPPORT PIVOT TRUSS ASSEMBLY.

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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