# Incident 19890815046169I: Mooney M20C, Bryan, TX, August 15, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1989, 19:30 local time
- Place: Bryan, TX
- Airport: Coulter Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7157° N, 96.3314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COULTER FLD (CFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7157&lon=-96.3314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2702W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2702W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 413 total, 113 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890815046169I

## Narrative

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

GEAR RETRACTION ON TAKEOFF ROLL. PILOT HAD FAILED TO PLACE GEAR HANDLE IN PROPER DETENT. MICRO SWITCH FAULTY.

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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