# Incident 19960916028469I: Mooney M20M, Lorain - Elyria, OH, September 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1996, 19:40 local time
- Place: Lorain - Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- 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: N9170H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9170H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960916028469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS DOING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS AT 22G, RUNWAY 25. PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS ON TAKE-OFF ROLL. PILOT FAILED TO USE CHECK LIST.

## Other reports on N9170H (1)

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

- [Incident 20050819022309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050819022309I), Aug 19, 2005: Mooney M20M (N9170H), Medina, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Airplane landed gear up at Medina municipal (1G5) rwy 27. VMC weather prevailed, rwy was dry. Interview with the pilot, declared he forgot to lower the…

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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