# Incident 19880426054849I: Mooney M20F, Valparaiso, IN, April 26, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1988, 10:50 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9199V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9199V-1997-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880426054849I

## Narrative

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

LANDED WITH GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. STATED HE HAD LOWERED GEAR AND MADE NORMAL LANDING. NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## Other reports on N9199V (1)

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

- [Accident 19960106027569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960106027569A), Jan 6, 1996: Mooney M20F (N9199V), Cape Charles, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Advised VFR no go. Lost control over water at night in snow showers. Wreckage indicates spiral dive. Disorientation

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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