# Incident 19790708020179I: Mooney M20K, Rochester, NY, July 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1979, 12:54 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231AN-1992-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 130 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/19790708020179I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION ALTHOUGH APPEARED DOWN. GEAR FOLDED ON TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N231AN (1)

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

- [Accident 19810624036909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810624036909A), Jun 24, 1981: Mooney M20K (N231AN), Atlantic City, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed last third of runway. Began late go-around, stall mushed into water off end of runway.

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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