# Incident 19950117005209I: Mooney M20C, Belle Fourche, SD, January 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1995, 16:15 local time
- Place: Belle Fourche, SD
- Airport: Belle Fourche Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7346° N, 103.8618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELLE FOURCHE MUNI (EFC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7346&lon=-103.8618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6430U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6430U) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 896 total, 36 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950117005209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 17, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 MST A MOONEY MO-20C, N6430U, OPERATED BY LARRY P. HAIGHT, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT LANDED GEAR UP AT THE BELLE FOURCHE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CFR 14 PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE AIRPORT AND HAD REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. AIRMAN HAD COMPLETED THREE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. ON THE FOURTH LANDING PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N6430U (1)

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

- [Incident 19980913038339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980913038339I), Sep 13, 1998: Mooney M20C (N6430U), Milbank, SD, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot donald p. egert mismanaged the landing gear of N643OU, a Mooney 20C airplane, by reaching out and releasing the landing gear down locking mechanism…

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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