# Incident 20230815018399I: Mooney M20J, Fulton, IN, August 15, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2023, 20:45 local time
- Place: Fulton, IN
- Airport: Fulton County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0655° N, 86.1817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULTON COUNTY (RCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0655&lon=-86.1817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201AG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201AG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,105 total, 120 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230815018399I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 15, 2023, APPROXIMATELY 2045 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), A MOONEY M20J, DEPARTED FORT WAYNE (KFWA) INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO LAKE ELMO (21D). THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURES. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT (KRCR). ON THE LANDING FACE, THE PILOT FAILED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD, NO INJURIES. MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE, WEATHER CONDITIONS VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR).

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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