# Incident 19881130070329I: Mooney M20J, Michigan City, IN, November 30, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1988, 14:58 local time
- Place: Michigan City, IN
- Airport: Michigan City Apt
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7033° N, 86.8212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Michigan City Municipal Airport (MGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7033&lon=-86.8212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201DM) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,543 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881130070329I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK 24 MINUTES FROM FINAL APPROACH FIX TO FINAL LANDING. NORMAL TIME APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES.

## Other reports on N201DM (2)

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

- [Incident 19870530032849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870530032849I), May 30, 1987: Mooney M20J (N201DM), Rapid City, SD, Minor damage. On rollout the aircraft veered off the runway side and struck a VASI box.
- [Incident 19840526031199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840526031199I), May 26, 1984: Mooney M20J (N201DM), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Was distracted by a last minute change of the landing runway.

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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