# Incident 19791223048539I: Mooney M20F, Islip, NY, December 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Islip, NY
- Airport: Macarthur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7303° N, 73.2161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Islip, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7303&lon=-73.2161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9363V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9363V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19791223048539I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON TAKEOFF. FOUND GEAR SWITCH KNOB INCORRECTLY TORQUED.

## Other reports on N9363V (1)

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

- [Incident 20130527007979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130527007979I), May 27, 2013: Mooney M20F (N9363V), Benton, AR, Minor damage. On may 27, 2013, at 1650 CST, a Mooney 20F, N9363V, contacted runway 20 on landing at saline county regional airport, Benton, Arkansas, while attempting to…

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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