# Incident 19780104001229I: Mooney M20F, Louisville, KY, January 4, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1978, 14:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Standiford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4024N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4024N-1995-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 317 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780104001229I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON TAKEOFF. GEAR HORN WAS INOPERATIVE, NO GEAR MALFUNCTIONS FOUND.

## Other reports on N4024N (2)

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

- [Accident 19950114000459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950114000459A), Jan 14, 1995: Mooney M20F (N4024N), Miami, OK, Substantial damage. Newly purchased departing to ferry home. Pass side seat belt prevented gear bar lock. Trying to clear lost control.
- [Accident 19760110000189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760110000189A), Jan 10, 1976: Mooney M20F (N4024N), Naples, FL, Substantial damage. Connector bar that connects nose whl steering to rudder pedals failed.

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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