# Incident 19780720035789I: Mooney M20F, Benton, KS, July 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1978, 16:15 local time
- Place: Benton, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7885° N, 97.1087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7885&lon=-97.1087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7413V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7413V-1984-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,230 total, 900 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/19780720035789I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N7413V (1)

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

- [Accident 19830918049539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830918049539A), Sep 18, 1983: Mooney M20F (N7413V), Benton, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted downwind takeoff. Aircraft sank back to ground after liftoff and hit a ditch.

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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