# Incident 19970527022379I: Mooney M20C, Scottsbluff, NE, May 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1997, 10:20 local time
- Place: Scottsbluff, NE
- Airport: William B Heilig Field
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8681° N, 103.6607° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsbluff, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8681&lon=-103.6607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7774M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7774M-2010-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970527022379I

## Narrative

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

AFTER MANY ILS ERRORS AND THREE MISSED APPROACHES. FINALLY MADE LANDING SAFELY. PILOT LACK OF IFR SKILL A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N7774M (5)

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

- [Accident 20090201000679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090201000679A), Feb 1, 2009: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Kiowa, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On February 1, 2009 at approximately 1130 mountain standard time, a Mooney model M20C single engine airplane, N7774M, was destroyed on impact with terrain…
- [Incident 19961130042119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961130042119I), Nov 30, 1996: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Distracted on approach. Failed to extend landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19791209047739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209047739I), Dec 9, 1979: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted gear during landing roll. Damaged prop, nose cowl and gear doors.
- [Incident 19790710018709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790710018709I), Jul 10, 1979: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. Unable to extend gear for landing. Needle bearing in actuator transmission jammed ring gear.
- [Incident 19780927020369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780927020369I), Sep 27, 1978: Mooney M20C (N7774M), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. During instructional flight and after 5 touch and goes they failed to extend gear.

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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