# Incident 19800410050219I: Mooney M20J, Nebraska City, NE, April 10, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Nebraska City, NE
- Airport: Grundman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6594° N, 95.8627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grundman Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6594&lon=-95.8627&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201LU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201LU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 15 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/19800410050219I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. PILOT STATED HE HAD NO GEAR DOWN LIGHT, BUT DID NOT RECYCLE. EXTENSION CHECKED OK.

## Other reports on N201LU (2)

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

- [Incident 19950701026249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950701026249I), Jul 1, 1995: Mooney M20J (N201LU), Port Huron, MI, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on rollout. No defects. Indicates inadvertent retraction.
- [Accident 19840216003939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840216003939A), Feb 16, 1984: Mooney M20J (N201LU), Bristol, PA, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing on closed airport when nose wheel collapsed due to hard landing.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.