# Incident 19780413012349I: Mooney M20G, Danbury, CT, April 13, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1978, 12:46 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3948° N, 73.4540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danbury, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3948&lon=-73.4540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N326RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N326RB-2010-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 40 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/19780413012349I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING DAMAGED PROP.

## Other reports on N326RB (2)

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

- [Incident 19890226055989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890226055989I), Feb 26, 1989: Mooney M20J (N326RB), Vichy, MO. Flying in clouds airspeed went to zero. Stall warning sounded. Used pitot heat and descended. Recovered. Pitot ice.
- [Incident 19840818055459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840818055459I), Aug 18, 1984: Mooney M20J (N326RB), Lawrence, MA, Minor damage. Pilot noticed overheating indications and made precautionary landing forgetting to lower gear until too late.

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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