# Incident 19870903066839I: Mooney M20A, East Lansing, MI, September 3, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1987, 11:40 local time
- Place: East Lansing, MI
- Airport: Davis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9979° N, 84.4764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVIS FLD (79MI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9979&lon=-84.4764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6002X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6002X-1989-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 200 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870903066839I

## Narrative

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

FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR FOR LANDING. LANDED GEAR UP. MEDICAL EXPIRED.

## Other reports on N6002X (1)

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

- [Incident 19800405047759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800405047759I), Apr 5, 1980: Mooney M20 (N6002X), Ypsilanti, MI, Minor damage. Manual gear extension handle not properly positioned. Gear collapsed after 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.

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