# Incident 19790520026239I: Mooney M20J, Benton Harbor, MI, May 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1979, 11:10 local time
- Place: Benton Harbor, MI
- Airport: Ross
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1135° N, 86.4472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton Harbor, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1135&lon=-86.4472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201SE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201SE-1990-12-13) (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: 1,017 total, 650 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/19790520026239I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N201SE (2)

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

- [Accident 19900610019849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900610019849A), Jun 10, 1990: Mooney M20J (N201SE), Andrews, NC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into side of mountain on climbout from airport. No ground lights.
- [Incident 19840415021039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840415021039I), Apr 15, 1984: Mooney M20J (N201SE), Americus, GA, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed as nose wheel touched on the rollout. Actuator rod housing attached to gear motor 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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