# Incident 19791119044739I: Mooney M20E, Austin, MN, November 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Austin, MN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6721° N, 92.9779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6721&lon=-92.9779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9217V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9217V-1998-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 140 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791119044739I

## Narrative

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

LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. LOWERED GEAR MANUALLY BUT NOT LOCKED. COLLAPSED. ALTERNATOR, FAULTY STATOR , DIODES.

## Other reports on N9217V (1)

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

- [Accident 19970905039699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970905039699A), Sep 5, 1997: Mooney M20E (N9217V), Loreto, Mexico, Destroyed. Encountered wall of clouds enroute over Ocean. Reported engine quit. Ditched. Sank. Rescued. M20E not recovered.

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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