# Incident 19850815062499I: Mooney M20C, Eden Prairie, MN, August 15, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1985, 15:10 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6029Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6029Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850815062499I

## Narrative

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

WHEN POWER WAS ADDED FOR TAXI, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. FOUND LATCH FOR GEAR HANDLE WORN ALLOWING HANDLE TO UNLOCK.

## Other reports on N6029Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19850320017579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850320017579I), Mar 20, 1985: Mooney M20C (N6029Q), Marana, AZ, Minor damage. Gear up landing. Pilot may not have had gear handle latched in down position.
- [Accident 19820121001699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820121001699A), Jan 21, 1982: Mooney M20E (N6029Q), Shell Lake, WI, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Wing dragged on snowbank, turning aircraft into snowbank.

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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