# Incident 19790510026099I: Mooney M20J, Berrien Springs, MI, May 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1979, 08:45 local time
- Place: Berrien Springs, MI
- Airport: Andrews
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9473° N, 86.3402° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berrien Springs, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9473&lon=-86.3402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3201U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3201U-1989-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 154 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/19790510026099I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITH GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED AFTER ELECTRICAL FAILURE.

## Other reports on N3201U (1)

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

- [Accident 19890527013079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890527013079A), May 27, 1989: Mooney M20J (N3201U), Big Pine Key, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Night flight over water. Aircraft detected maneuvering erraticaly by ATC radar. Crashed into gulf. Sank.

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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