# Incident 19790704018579I: Mooney M20F, Princeton, MN, July 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1979, 12:10 local time
- Place: Princeton, MN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5682° N, 93.5903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Princeton, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5682&lon=-93.5903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7770M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7770M-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 250 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/19790704018579I

## Narrative

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

FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR FOR LANDING

## Other reports on N7770M (2)

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

- [Incident 19870628063139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870628063139I), Jun 28, 1987: Mooney M20F (N7770M), St Paul, MN, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower the gear for landing. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19800721061789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800721061789I), Jul 21, 1980: Mooney M20F (N7770M), Neillsville, WI, Substantial damage. Aircraft skidded off side of runway. Pilot said brakes locked. Brakes operated normally on investigation.

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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