# Incident 19970603021929I: Mooney M20G, South St Paul, MN, June 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1997, 21:30 local time
- Place: South St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Municipal-Richard E Fleming
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8880° N, 93.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8880&lon=-93.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3588X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3588X-2001-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M-20G (registry code 5870216, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-20g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20G
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 9 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970603021929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT HAD BEEN PRACTICING COMMERCIAL PROCEDURES AND AT ONE POINT EXTENDED THE GEAR. FLIGHT CONTINUED WITH GEAR DOWN. AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO FLEMING FIELD. STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 WAS MADE - PILOT MISTAKENLY RAISED THE GEAR TO RETRACTED POSITION. APPARENTLY NOT FAMILIAR WITH EQUIPMENT VERY MINOR DAMAGE CAUSED TO AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N3588X (1)

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

- [Accident 19990306035069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990306035069A), Mar 6, 1999: Mooney M20G (N3588X), Naples, FL, Substantial damage. (.4) The flight was in the traffic pattern and the pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings and takeoffs. The pilot reported that he had completed a…

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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