# Accident 19780905028229A: Mooney M20D, Lebanon, IN, September 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1978
- Place: Lebanon, IN
- Airport: Boone County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.0073° N, 86.4406° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOONE COUNTY (6I4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0073&lon=-86.4406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6083X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6083X-2013-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (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 M20D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 19 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEX38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780905028229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND PAX STATE GEAR DOWN LITE ILLUMINATED.

## 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 CHI78FEX38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX38), Sep 5, 1978: Mooney M20A (N6083X), Lebanon, IN, destroyed

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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