# Incident 19840920055449I: Mooney M20B, Marion, OH, September 20, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1984, 18:50 local time
- Place: Marion, OH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5967° N, 83.1232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5967&lon=-83.1232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N778R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N778R-2013-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,425 total, 1,032 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840920055449I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR.  LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N778R (1)

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

- [Accident 19940823022779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940823022779A), Aug 23, 1994: Mooney M20B (N778R), Marion, OH, Substantial damage. Lost power on local flight. Landed on a road. Wing caught in corn. Rotated into ditch. Throttle cable disconnected.

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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