# Incident 19960728031589I: Mnmite M18L, Oceanside, CA, July 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1996, 09:40 local time
- Place: Oceanside, CA
- Airport: Camp Pendleton Mcaf
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1959° N, 117.3795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oceanside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1959&lon=-117.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N119C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N119C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M-18L (registry code 5870106, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MNMITE M18L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 981 total, 747 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960728031589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 28, 1996, AT ABOUT 0940 LOCAL TIME, ERVIN G. GRAMMAN, CERT NO. 1022453, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF MOONEY 18L, N119C, LANDED ON OCEANSIDE AIRPORT WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. MR. GRAMMAN STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE LOW CLOUDS ON THE WEST END OF THE RUNWAY AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE MOONEY 18L IS A SINGLE SEAT AIRPLANE. MR. GRAMMAN WAS COUNSELED REGARDING SAFE OPERATIONS OF HIS AIRPLANE. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION OR A NEAR-MID-AIR.

## Other reports on N119C (1)

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

- [Accident 20070506008629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070506008629A), May 6, 2007: Mnmite M18L (N119C), Bessemer, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) While landing runway 5 Bessemer, Alabama (eky), pilot stalled the aircraft, making a hard landing causing both main landing gear to go through the top of…

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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