# Accident 19740726035509A: Mooney M20C, Winona, MN, July 26, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1974
- Place: Winona, MN
- Airport: Winona Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 44.0513° N, 91.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winona, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0513&lon=-91.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3411X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3411X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 497 total, 193 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75DER05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DER05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740726035509A

## Narrative

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

MECH GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT PLACED IN FULL LOCK PSN.GR WARN HORN INOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC75DER05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DER05), Jul 26, 1974: Mooney M20C (N3411X), Winona, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3411X (1)

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

- [Incident 20090422009119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090422009119I), Apr 22, 2009: Mooney M20C (N3411X), Greer, SC, Minor damage. (-23) On March 22, 2009, on about 1455 eastern standard time, a Mooney M20-C aircraft N3411X registered to [privacy data omitted]. Operating as 14 CFR part 91…

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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