# Incident 19890326016979I: Mooney M20G, Lorain - Elyria, OH, March 26, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1989, 19:50 local time
- Place: Lorain - Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3443° N, 82.1776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LORAIN COUNTY RGNL (LPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3443&lon=-82.1776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6907N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6907N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M-20G (registry code 5870216, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-20g) (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 M20G
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1D6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 150 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/19890326016979I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL MALFULNCTION AT NIGHT. FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR UNLTIL PROP STRUCK RUNWAY. PULLED UP AND LOWERED GEAR.

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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