# Incident 19870402078759I: Mooney M20E, Merritt Island, FL, April 2, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1987
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79373, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79373-1991-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870402078759I

## Narrative

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

GEAR UP LANDING. REPORTED NINE DAYS LATER. PILOT STATED GEAR FOLDED ON TAXIING. DAMAGE INDICATES GEAR UP LANDING.

## Other reports on N79373 (1)

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

- [Accident 19881022047669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881022047669A), Oct 22, 1988: Mooney M20E (N79373), Longview, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot reported smoke in cockpit. Crashed and burned. Evidence of flash fire under dash near radios.

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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