# Incident 19790710018709I: Mooney M20C, Colorado Spring, CO, July 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1979, 16:05 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Peterson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7774M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7774M-2010-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 800 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/19790710018709I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR FOR LANDING. NEEDLE BEARING IN ACTUATOR TRANSMISSION JAMMED RING GEAR.

## Other reports on N7774M (5)

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

- [Accident 20090201000679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090201000679A), Feb 1, 2009: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Kiowa, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On February 1, 2009 at approximately 1130 mountain standard time, a Mooney model M20C single engine airplane, N7774M, was destroyed on impact with terrain…
- [Incident 19970527022379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970527022379I), May 27, 1997: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Scottsbluff, NE. After many ILS errors and three missed approaches. Finally made landing safely. Pilot lack of IFR skill a factor.
- [Incident 19961130042119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961130042119I), Nov 30, 1996: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Distracted on approach. Failed to extend landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19791209047739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209047739I), Dec 9, 1979: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted gear during landing roll. Damaged prop, nose cowl and gear doors.
- [Incident 19780927020369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780927020369I), Sep 27, 1978: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. During instructional flight and after 5 touch and goes they failed to extend gear.

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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