# Incident 19980131001999I: Mooney M20C, Urbana, OH, January 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Urbana, OH
- Airport: Grimes Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1324° N, 83.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIMES FLD (I74), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1324&lon=-83.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9688M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9688M-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980131001999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DEPARTED NEW CARLISLE, OHIO, PRIVATE FIELD, DESTINATION URBANA, OHIO (I74) LANDING RUNWAY 5. PILOT STATED DURING TELEPHONE INTERVIEW OF FAILING TO LOWER LANDING GEAR, AND IGNORED THE SOUNDING UNSAFE AUDIBLE WARNING. AIRPORT MANAGER, MELVIN PARSHALL CONFIRMED STATEMENT BEING THE SAME AS HE RECEIVED POST OCCURRENCE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. VISUAL DAMAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROPELLER, LOWER FUSELAGE SKINS AND INBOARD FLAP TRACKS LEFT AND RIGHT. PILOT ADMISSION OF FORGETTING TO LOWER LANDING GEAR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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